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2. Weitere Informationen
2.1. Andere Kombinationen
- Choropleca advena Zimmerman, 1978 [Originalkombination]
2.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik
Die Art wurde als Choropleca advena von Hawaii beschrieben, doch wo sie ihre Heimat hat, ist noch unklar. Zimmerman (1978: 326-327) schreibt dazu: "Immigrant. I do not know whence Choropleca advena has come. Although I have not made a comparative study of their genitalia, I have seen the types of most of the described species of Choropleca, but I cannot suggest to which species, other than terpsichorella, advena may be most closely allied. It appears probable that the native land of advena is the same as that of terpsichorella, and that might be Central or South America. Strangely, however, we do not know terpsichorella from any locality outside of the mid-Pacific where it is widely dispersed. Don R. Davis, Smithsonian Institution, has kindly examined advena, and although he has in progress a study of many of the American species of Choropleca, he reports that he has not seen advena from any American locality. A number of American insect species became established on various Pacific islands many years ago during the age of sailing ships, and some of these species may not yet be known in their homelands."
Die Falter von D. advena wurden auf Hawaii in den Jahren 1960, 1962 und 1966 gefunden: "Holotype male (to be stored in Bishop Museum, Honolulu) and four male paratypes collected in light traps on Oahu, Hawaii, by J. W. Beardsley, as follows: holotype and one paratype taken in a Public Health light trap, January, 1966 and three paratypes collected in Wailupe Valley, one in April and one in December, 1960 and one on May 6, 1962. The specimens are variously abraded and damaged. No female specimens have been seen."
Zimmerman (1978: 326-327) verglich die Art mit der anderen auf Hawaii vorkommenden Art der Gattung und merkte an: "Specimens of this species appear at first sight to be large Choropleca terpsichorella, but, externally, advena is a darker species with a different pattern on the forewings. The male genitalia are notably different, as the illustrations demonstrate. Choropleca terpsichorella has a conspicuous pair of large coremata which arise near the base of the third abdominal tergite, but advena lacks such coremata. There is revealed upon dissection, however, a small tuft of modified, stiff, persistent yellow setae on the left side only of the sixth abdominal tergite on advena.
Yang & Li (2021) führen die Art in ihrer Welt-Checkliste der Gattung Dryadaula und schreiben zur Verbreitung nur ganz knapp: "United States". Neuere Beobachtungen scheinen wieder ganz zu fehlen.
2.3. Typenmaterial
Yang & Li (2021) schreiben zum Aufbewahrungsort des Holotypus: "BMH (HT)".
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
2.4. Literatur
- Yang, L.-L. & H.-H. Li (2021): The genus Dryadaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea, Dryadaulidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species and a world checklist. — ZooKeys1074: 61-81. [PDF auf zookeys.pensoft.net]
- Erstbeschreibung: Zimmerman, E.C. (1978): Insects of Hawaii. Manual of the Insects of the Hawaiian Islands, including an Enumeration of the Species and Notes on their Origin, Distribution, Hosts, Parasites, etc. Volume nine: Microlepidoptera. Part I & Part II. - 1.903 S; New York (The University Press of Hawaii). [PDF des 1. Teils von Band 1) auf scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu]
