1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Diagnose

2.1. Erstbeschreibung

1: Meyrick (1908): 399 [nach Copyright-freiem Scan auf www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Biologie

3.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Rhamnaceae:] Ziziphus jujuba (Chinesische Jujube) [Typenzucht]
• [Rhamnaceae:] Ziziphus mauritiana (Indische Jujube) in Indien [Stonis, Diškus, Solis & Monro (2021: 255)]
• [Rhamnaceae:] Ziziphus sp. in Laos [Stonis, Diškus, Solis & Monro (2021: 255)]
• ??? [Rhamnaceae:] Ziziphus spina-christi (Syrischer Christusdorn) auf der Arabischen Halbinsel [Stonis, Diškus, Solis & Monro (2021: 255)]

4. Weitere Informationen

4.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Tischeria ptarmica Meyrick, 1908 [Originalkombination]

4.2. Taxonomie

Stonis, Diškus, Solis & Monro (2021: 283) erklären: “Although M. ptarmica specimens from our morphological studies of the type series from India, specimens collected in Pakistan and Laos, and comparison to the documented material from the Arabian Peninsula (van Nieukerken 2010) showed a slight variation in the shape of the phallus and vinculum, we did not split the species into subspecies or separate species. That said, our unpublished and preliminary analysis with the mitochondrial COI gene revealed significant differences between the specimens from the Arabian Peninsula and Laos, and may indicate cryptic species within M. ptarmica that will be addressed in a subsequent publication (Stonis et al. in prep.).”

4.3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Meyrick, E. (1908): New Micro-Lepidoptera from India und Burma. — Records of the Indian Museum 2 (4): 395-400. [Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org]
• Lectotypus-Festlegung: Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Solis, M. A. & A. K. Monro (2021): Diagnostics of Manitisheria [sic, recte: Manitischeria] gen. nov., an Old-World genus of leaf-mining Tischeriidae, composed of new species and species formerly in Tischeria Zeller. — Zootaxa 4964 (2): 251-287. [PDF auf mapress.com]
• Stonis, J. R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Baryshnikova, S. & M. A. Solis (2021): What are the smallest moths (Lepidoptera) in the world? — Zootaxa 4942 (2): 269-289. [PDF auf mapress.com]