External Morphology and Female Genitalia of Ethmia candidella (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae) Recorded for the First Time from Erzurum (Turkey)

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 61 - 69, 15.06.2021

Muhammed Tatar , Göksel Tozlu , Erol Atay

https://doi.org/10.31466/kfbd.855786

Abstract

Ethmia candidella (Alphéraky, 1908) samples recorded for the first time from Erzurum (Turkey) were collected with aspirator through the cracks and slits in Populus alba bodies in Atatürk University Campus in September 2017-2018. A total of 21 female individual were obtained. Specimens were dissected and prepared female genitalia and wings slides in the laboratory. The external morphology and female genitalia of E. candidella were described in detail. In addition, eggs from fertilized females under the microscope were obtained.

Keywords

Lepidoptera, Ethmiidae, Ethmia candidella, external morphology anf female genitalia, Erzururm, Turkey

Erzurum (Turkey)'dan İlk Kez Kaydedilen Ethmia candidella (Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae)'nın Dış Morfolojisi ve Dişi Genitalyası

Abstract

Erzurum'dan (Türkiye) ilk kez kaydedilen Ethmia candidella (Alphéraky, 1908) örnekleri, Atatürk Üniversitesi Kampüs’ünde bulunan Populus alba gövdelerindeki çatlak ve yarıklardan aspiratör ile 2017-2018 eylül ayında toplanmıştır. Toplam 21 dişi birey elde edilmiştir. Örnekler laboratuvarda disekte edilmiş ve dişi genital organları ve kanat slaytları hazırlanmıştır. E. candidella'nın dış morfolojisi ve dişi genitalyası ayrıntılı olarak tanımlanmıştır. Ayrıca, döllenmiş dişilerden mikroskop altında yumurtalar elde edilmiştir.

Keywords

Lepidoptera, Ethmiidae, Ethmia candidella, dış morfoloisi ve dili genitalya, erzurum, Turkiye

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