1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

1: Montenegro, Budva, Obzovica, 850 m, 17. Mai 2011 (det. & Foto: Christof Zeller)Forum

2. Diagnose

2.1. Geschlecht nicht bestimmt

1: Montenegro, Herceg-Novi, 140 m, 2. Mai 2003 (Foto: Christof Zeller), det. Christof ZellerForum

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Faunistik

Die Art wurde aus Igalo in Montenegro beschrieben. Seltsamerweise wurde sie in der Fauna Europaea aber nur von Kroatien angeführt. Kurz (2012) vermerkte dazu: "Untill recently, the species has been known only from Montenegro (Heath 1975). Karsholt & Nieukerken (2011), on the other hand, report the species only for Croatia, despite the fact that the type locality lies in Montenegro [!]. A series of females from the Mala Kapela in Croatia, that has recently been assigned to Micropterix aureoviridella (Höfner, 1898) (Zeller et al. 2002), is now regarded to belong to M. amsella (see anatomy section). Furthermore, its occurence in Bosnia and Hercegovina is very likely. M. amsella has been found at a height from about 150 - 1200 m a.s.l. so far (Kurz & Kurz 2011)."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.2. Typenmaterial

Heath (1975: 258): “Holotype ♂: Herzegnovi, Igalo, 15. iv. 1938, H. G. Amsel. (Genitalia preparation GU. 806). In collection H. G. Amsel, Karlsruhe.

Allotype ♀: data as above. In collection H. G. Amsel. Paratypes 5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, data as above. (Genitalia preparation J. Heath No. 170). In collections H. G. Amsel and J. Heath.”

3.3. Literatur

• Gumhalter, D., Berggren, K. & L. Aarvik (2023): Microlepidoptera of Croatia: a bibliography and review of the published and some unpublished records of species from the families Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae, Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae and Tischeriidae, and Alucitidae and Pterophoridae. — Natura Croatica 32 (1): 81–119. [PDF auf hpm.hr]
• Erstbeschreibung: Heath, J. (1975): The ammanella complex of the genus Micropterix Hübner [1825] (Lepidoptera: Zeugloptera, Micropterigidae). — Entomologist's Gazette 26: 253-258.
• Heath, J. (1988): Autobibliography. — Nota lepidopterologica 11 (2): 117-122 [Digitalisat auf www.archive.org].
• Kurz, M.A. (2012): Micropterix amsella Heath, 1975. — TaxOn (Taxonomie Online). [zum PDF-Download auf researchgate.net]

3.4. Informationen auf anderen Websites (externe Links)

• [Naturkundliches Informationssystem von Marion und Michael Kurz und Christof Zeller]