1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

Noch unbekannt!

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Nupponen & Nupponen (2004: 34): “Lat. gladius = sword. The species name alludes to a long, thin apical process of the right valva.”

3.2. Typenmaterial

Nupponen & Nupponen (2004: 33): “Holotype, ♂ (Fig. 1): “Spain, prov. Almeria, Sierra Nevada, 1900 m, Puerto de la Ragua 1 km S, 30-VI-2003, T. Nupponen leg.”. In coll. T. & K. Nupponen, Espoo, Finland.

Paratypes: 1 ♂, same data as holotype, except 01-VII-2003. Genitalia slide: K. Nupponen prep. no. 3/08-IX-2003. In coll. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain. 2 ♀♀ (Fig. 2), “Spain, prov. Granada, Sierra Nevada, 2700-2900 m, Granada 20 km SE, 28-VII-2003, T. Nupponen leg.”. Genitalia slide: K. Nupponen prep. no. 4/08-IX-2003. In coll. T. & K. Nupponen, Espoo, Finland.”

3.3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Nupponen, K. & T. Nupponen (2004): Notes on Scythrididae recorded in southern Spain during 2003, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). — SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 32 (125): 31-37.