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1. Lebendfotos
1.1. Falter
2. Diagnose
2.1. Weibchen
2.2. Geschlecht nicht bestimmt
Anmerkung: Am 23. März 2020 wurde ein Falter aus Kenia ([Falterfoto] und [Etikett]) wegen Zweifel an der Bestimmung entfernt [Forum].
2.3. Genitalien
2.3.1. Weibchen
3. Biologie
3.1. Habitat
4. Weitere Informationen
4.1. Synonyme
- Euclasta perisalis Vives, 1981
4.2. Faunistik
De-Gregorio & Miret (2008) schreiben:
„Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973 (= perisalis Vives Moreno, 1980) (fig. 2c) Microlepidòpter subtropical, descrit de Malawi i d’altres localitats etiòpiques, la distribució septentrional del qual arriba fins al nord de l’Àfrica (Marroc, Algèria, Tunísia) i la Mediterrània occidental i oriental (Iemen, Aràbia) (Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973). Ha estat citada de diverses localitats del sud d’Europa: cap de Gata (Almeria, Andalusia, Espanya) (Vives Moreno), les illes Balears (sense concretar l’indret) i l’illa de Malta (Sammut, 2005). Al sud d’Europa i al Magrib, sembla volar en dues generacions, entre els mesos de maig-juny i d’agost-octubre. A la península Ibèrica figura esmentada del cap de Gata (Almeria), segons una sèrie de 7 ex. recollits la nit del 22.VIII.1979 (Vives Moreno, 1980). Tant aquest autor com Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, (1973) figuren les estructures genitals, però no l’adult, referint el seu aspecte extern al de la veïna espècie Euclasta splendidalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848), descrita de Turquia i que viu al sud-est d’Europa i l’Àsia Menor. Les citacions de Euclasta splendidalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) del Marroc (Rungs, 1979) corresponen a Euclasta varii.“
Daraus folgt, dass die Tiere aus Spanien und Marokko Euclasta varii und Tiere aus der Türkei Euclasta splendidalis zuzuordnen sind.
Sammut (2005) meldet eine Reihe von Nachweisen von Malta aus den Jahren 1983 - 2004 und korrigiert die Meldung von Euclasta splendidalis aus Malta: "Following correspondence with Dr. Martin Honey regarding the correct identity of Euclasta splendidalis which was recorded from Malta, comparison of available Euclasta material from Malta with illustrations of both splendidalis and varii was carried out. All material examined from Malta belongs to E. varii. This species was erroneously recorded as Euclasta splendidalis H-S., by Valletta (1984) from a single specimen collected by himself from Ghar Lapsi on October 9, 1974. In all probability he compared this specimen with material in the British Museum (Natural History) on one of his frequent visits to London. Also, most likely, at the same museum at the time he compared his specimen, there was no material belonging to E. varii given that this taxon had only been recently established. This same mistake was repeated by Sammut (2000) and others such as (Speidel, 1996). The present author did not have the possibility to study the material in Valletta’s collection but it is presumed that it is also incorrectly determined."
(Autoren: Michel Kettner und Erwin Rennwald)
4.3. Literatur
- De-Gregorio, J. J. P. & E. Requena Miret (2008): Microlepidòpters (Pyralidae, Crambidae) nous o interessants per la fauna Catalana i Iberobalear (VIII). — Ses. Entom. ICHN-SCL 13-14: 91-106. Barcelona.
- Erstbeschreibung: Popescu-Gorj, A. & A. Constantinescu (1973): New African species of Euclasta (Lepidoptera, Pyraustinae). — Revue Roumaine de biologie. Série de zoologie 18 (6): 393-401 [PDF auf www.ibiol.ro].
- Sammut, P. (2005): The correct identity of three Pyralidae moths from the Maltese Islands (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). — SHILAP Revista de la Lepidopterología, 33 (130): 235-238. [Zugang zur Arbeit auf redalyc.org]
