The larval description of Tinea steueri Petersen, 1966 and Tinea svenssoniOpheim, 1965 (Lepidoptera, Tineidae)

Fourteen larvae of Tinea steueri and six larvae of T. svenssoni were first forced out of their cases and then boiled for five minutes in 10 % potassiu m hydroxide. The body was opened from the right side and the inside was cle aned out. Heads were cut off and placed in 10 % potassium hydroxide for thr ee days. After opening, the skins were kept in 70 %, 94 % and absolute alco hol for five minutes each before spreading open on a microscope slide. Eupa ral was used as the mountant medium. Figures were drawn direct from a microscope with possible fold showing. Not all setae could be seen on every sample, but all details have been checked on more than one larva. In Tinea svenssoni and T. steueri the distance between SDI and XD2 is short er than between XD1 and XD2. The dearest difference between 7 svenssoni and T. steueri is the length of the cranial seta L1. In 7 svenssoni L1 is as l ong as P2. In 7 steueri L1 is the longest seta of the cranium being more th an six times longer than P2. But many other differences were also found.