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3. Weitere Informationen
3.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)
Davis (1986: 142-143) erläutert: "The specific name is derived from the Latin striatus (channel, groove, furrow) in reference to the striated pattern of the forewings."
3.2. Taxonomie
Butler (1883: 182) hatte mit falsus eine neue Art zu beschreiben. Da das Tier in keine bestehende Gattung passen wollte, schuf er dafür die Gattung Palaephatus, die dann von Davis (1986) zur Typus-Gattung seiner neuen Familie Palaephatidae (und Überfamilie Palaephatoidea) erklärt wurde. Er selbst beschrieb in dieser Arbeit gleich 25 neue Arten in 5 Gattungen aus Südamerika. Die Gattung Palaephatus wurde von ihm in 2 Untergattungen - Prophatus (mit den Arten Palaephatus dimorphus, P. leucacrotus, P. nielseni, P. spinosus, P. fusciterminus, P. albiterminus, P. striatus und P. amplisaccus) und Palaephatus (mit der nominotypischen Art P. falsus, P. pallidus, P. luteolus und P. albicerus) - aufgeteilt.
Im Abstract (S. ii) erklärt Davis (1986): "The sister group of the Palaephatidae (Palaephatoidea) has been determined as the Nepticuloidea + Tischerioidea largely on the basis of their similar monotrysian, non-piercing ovipositors, with the oviporous opening between the eighth and ninth abdominal sterna." S. 120 ist zur Gattung Palaephatus zu erfahren: "Including some 13 species, and at least one other species in too poor condition to name, this genus is the most successful group in the family. Some of its members also comprise the largest and most conspicuous species of Palaephatidae, with wing spans of up to 32 mm. Most Palaephatus can be recognized by the somewhat falcate outer margin of the forewing. This feature, however, tends to be less produced in a few of the smaller species. Along with its sister group, Apophatus, new genus, the male genitalia are characterized by a strongly curved pollex on the costal margin of the valvae."
Zur Art heißt es weiter (S. 143): "Palephatus striatus is easily recognized by the fine, longitudinal streaks on the forewings. In wing pattern it resembles a much smaller but related species, P. amplisaccus. The different sizes of the two species and particularly the great differences in their male genitalia readily distinguish them."
3.3. Faunistik
Davis (1986) beschrieb 25 neue Arten der Familie. Sie stammen alle aus (meist höheren Lagen von) Chile und dem angrenzenden Bereich von Argentinien. Zu P. striatus war bei Davis (1986: 142) zu lesen: "This species occurs rather commonly in the wetter Valdivian forests of central Argentina and Chile from Lago Puyehue and Lago Nahuel Huapi south to Chiloe Island."
3.4. Typenmaterial
Davis (1986: 142) schrieb zum Holotypus: "HOLOTYPE. — ♂. Aguas Calientes to 1 km W, Parque Nacional Puyehue, 450 m; 2-5 Jan 1982, UV light trap, D.R. Davis, type no. 101177 (USNM)." Dazu kommen etliche Paratypen aus Chile und wenige aus Argentinien.
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
3.5. Literatur
- Butler, A.G. (1883): Heterocerous Lepidoptera Collected in Chili by Thomas Edmonds, Esq., Part IV—Pyrales and Micros. — Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1883 (1): 49-90, pl. XI. [Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org]
- Erstbeschreibung: Davis, D.R. (1986): A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia. — Smithsonian contributions to zoology, 434: i-iv, 1-202. Washington (Smithonian Institution Press). [zum PDF-Download auf researchgate.net]
