Elachista bedellella
Creators: name: Kaila, Lauri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Elachista bedellella

description: Key to the males of the species of the Elachista bedellella complex
1. Forewing with distinct markings ................................................................................................................. 2
- Forewing unicolorous or with indistinct pattern ........................................................................................ 6
2. Forewing pattern consisting of bright ochreous markings on white ground colour ..................... E. dorinda
- Forewing pattern consisting of nearly white, more or less discernible transverse fasciae on grey or brown ground colour .............................................................................................................................................. 3
3. The medially confluent costal and tornal spots that form the outer fascia situated nearly opposite to each other ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
- Costal spot situated distinctly closer to apex than dorsal spot ................................................................... 5
4. Forewing ground colour greyish brown (Figs. 1, 2); cornutus large (Figs. 58 A, B) ............... E. bedellella
- Forewing ground colour pale grey (Figs. 17, 18), cornutus minute (Figs. 59 G, H) .................. E. camilla
5. Dorsally directed sac of the juxta sharp distally; juxta lobes basally only somewhat broader than distally (Fig. 21); cornutus small (Figs. 58 D, E) ..................................................................................... E. titanella
- Dorsally directed sac of the juxta blunt distally; juxta lobes broad as in Fig. 24; cornutus large with prom- inent tooth (Figs. 59 E, F) ....................................................................................................... E. versicolora
6. Cornutus absent ........................................................................................................................... E. antonia
- Cornutus present ......................................................................................................................................... 7
7. Juxta lobes broad as in Fig. 24 ................................................................................................ E. versicolora
- Juxta lobes slenderer than in Fig. 24 ........................................................................................................... 8
8. Dorsally directed sac of the juxta distally sharp; cornutus small as in Figs, 58 E, F ................... E. titanella
- Dorsally directed sac of the juxta distally blunt; cornutus large as in Figs 58 C, D, 59 A, B ...................... 9
9. Cornutus with acute tooth (Fig. 58 C, D) as long as diameter of the basal plate of cornutus E. lugdunensis
- Cornutus with small, blunt tooth (Fig. 59 A, B) length of which 1/4 of the diameter of the basal plate of cornutus....................................................................................................................................... E. slivenica
description: Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2007, A taxonomic revision of the Elachista bedellella (Sircom) complex (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae), pp. 1-25 in Zootaxa 1629 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179345