Elachista constitella Frey 1859
Abstract
Elachista constitella Frey, 1859 Figs 9, 10, 16, 22, 25 Elachista constitella Frey, 1859: 295 E. constitella (Figs 9, 10) is externally similar to E. maculata (Figs 11, 12, diagnosis see above). Description. Male genitalia (Fig. 16). Uncus lobes 2 × as long as wide, distally round. Gnathos twice as long as broad. Costa of valva medially distinctly convex, sacculus basally convex, otherwise straight, indistinctly separated from cucullus, cucullus round, somewhat bent and produced towards costa. Median plate of juxta round, with shallow dorsally directed median sac; juxta lobes widely apart from each other, short [in the preparation folded so that their shape cannot be determined with certainty]; digitate process minute, half of the length of juxta lobe, elongate and narrow. Phallus 2 / 3 × as long as valva. Female genitalia (Figs 22, 25). Otherwise, similar to those of E. maculata, but papilla analis more elongate, and with several bands formed of small spines in corpus bursae.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026