New or poorly Tineidae from Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (Lepidoptera).

Abstract

As the result of the study of tineid material, which was collected in Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, four species are newly recorded from North Africa (Morophaga choragella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Nemapogon sardica Gaedike, 1983, Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759), Cephimallota crassiflavella Bruand, 1851); two species, (Infurcitinea marcunella (Rebel, 1901), Crassicornella agenjoi (Petersen, 1957)) are newly recorded from Mauretania, four species (Neurothaumasia ankerella (Mann, 1867), Elatobia fuliginosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846), Anomalotinea paepalella (Walsingham, 1907), Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)) are newly recorded from Morocco; seven species (Rhodobates unicolor (Staudinger, 1870), Eudarcia nigraella (Mariani, 1937), Infurcitinea lambessella Petersen, 1958, Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella (Millère, 1844), Elatobia fuliginosella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846), Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758), Proterospastis autochthones (Walsingham, 1907)) are newly recorded from Tunisia. The six species (Infurcitinea maura Petersen, 1962, Infurcitinea lambessella Petersen, 1958, Infurcitinea incertula (Meyrick, 1928), Reisserita chalcopterella (Zerny, 1935), Reisserita luteopterella Petersen, 1957, Anomalotinea cubiculella romei (Turati, 1930)) are recorded from material other than the types for the first time. A female of Crassicornella zernyi (Petersen, 1957) is recorded for the first time, and Catabola atlantis Zagulajev, 1975 is established as a new synonym of C. zernyi. The following taxa are described as new: Nemapogon algerica sp. n., Infurcitinea italicoides sp. n., Reisserita bettagi sp. n., Reisserita stengeli sp. n., Reisserita karsholti sp. n., Anomalotinea wernoi sp. n., Anomalotinea derrai sp. n., and Amphixystis maroccana sp. n. A checklist of species, at present known from Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia is given.

Keywords

Mauretania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia; new records; new species; new synonymy.

Nomenclatural Acts

maroccana Gaedike, 2009 (Amphixystis), spec. n.
derrai Gaedike, 2009 (Anomalotinea), spec. n.
wernoi Gaedike, 2009 (Anomalotinea), spec. n.
atlantis Zagulajev, 1975 (Catabola), syn. n. of Crassicornella zernyi (Petersen, 1957)
italicoides Gaedike, 2009 (Infurcitinea), spec. n.
algerica Gaedike, 2009 (Nemapogon), spec. n.
karsholti Gaedike, 2009 (Reisserita), spec. n.
stengeli Gaedike, 2009 (Reisserita), spec. n.