1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Diagnose

2.1. Falter und Weibchen-Genital

Bassi in Bassi et al. (2025: 192) beschreibt das Weibchen und sein Genital ausführlich. Dann erklärt er: "This species is distinguishable from other species of the C. permutatella group which aforewing medial stripe interrupted by brown bands in the more brown-grey ground colour of thefore wing, being more reddish in the other species, for having both transverse brown bands proceeding, changing direction, beyond the medial stripe to the costa, and, in having two larger off-white spots postmedially along costa. Catoptria captiva Bassi, 1999 also has the forewing brown bands angled and traceable up to the costal edge, but it has a reddish-brown ground colour and a single subapical white dot. In the female genitalia the strongly produced sterigma and abdominal segment VIII strongly folded laterally distinguish C. velebitica from the related C. casperella Ganev, 1983, C. gozmanyi Bleszynski, 1956, and C. myella (Hübner, 1796) (Figures 29-31)."

3. Biologie

3.1. Nahrung der Raupe

Noch unbekannt!

4. Weitere Informationen

4.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Bassi et al. (2025: 192) erklären: "The new species derives its name from the Velebit Mountains, where the holotype was collected."

4.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik

Bassi in Bassi et al. (2025: 193) beschreibt seine neue Art nach einem einzelnen Weibchen: "Holotype ♀, CROATIA, Velebit Mts, 1 km W[est of] Brusane, 625 m, 44º30’N, 15º14’E, 27-VI-2003, B. Skule & C. Hviid, GS 5526 GB, ZMUC." Die neue Art gehört in die Gruppe um Catoptria permutatella und dort in die Nähe von C. casperella, C. gozmanyi und C. myella. Ein Barcode-Vergleich steht leider noch aus.

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

4.3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Bassi, G., Graf, F. & F. Slamka (2025): New or interesting Pyraloidea for the European and Italian faunas (Insecta: Lepidoptera). — SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 53 (209): 189-201. [zum PDF-Download auf shilap.org]