Catoptria plat, Bassi & Huemer, 2025

Bassi, Graziano & Huemer, Peter, 2025, Taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes on the Catoptria coulonellus (Duponchel) species group with description of five new species from Western Balkans (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae), Zootaxa 5719 (3), pp. 301-326 : 319

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BD7F316B-87F8-452F-9F97-0B466E6C7AD4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17892133
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D87EB-FF8C-F953-D6CE-94D3FD5FFAFD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catoptria plat
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Catoptria plat sp. nov.

( Figs 21 View FIGURES 17–22 , 40 View FIGURES 33–40 )

Holotype male: North Macedonia, Prov. Tetovo, Popova Shapka NW, Plat mountain N, 2000 m, E 20°50’56’’ / N 42°01’41’’, 28.vii.2022, G.M. & B.E. Tarmann & B. & A. Plössl legunt, GS 7722 GB, BC TLMF _ Lep _37827, TLMF. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 5 males, same labels as the holotype, GS 7433, 7436, 7552, 7562, 7577 GB, BC TLMF _Lep_37828, TLMF and RCGB (1); 2 males, Popova Sapka, Felskar : W. Tetovo 42.005, 20.855 [ 42°00’18’’ N, 20°51’18’’ E], 2130 m, 6.8.2012, leg. Wieser, LMK GoogleMaps .

Etymology: The new species derives its name from that of the type locality and is treated as a noun in apposition.

Diagnosis: The adult ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 17–22 ) is easily distinguishable from allied species in the intense yellow brown colour of the forewing and in the dark hindwing of the same colour, except for C. sarplanina sp. nov. ( Figs 19, 20 View FIGURES 17–22 ), in which the only difference, visible only in fresh material, lies in the veins being more intensely marked off-white in the forewing. The male genitalia ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 33–40 ) differ from those of C. kasyi sp. nov. ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 33–40 ), C. korab sp. nov. ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 33–40 ) and C. sarplanina sp. nov. ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 33–40 ) in that the pars basalis is apically smaller than in allied species and basally has a straight edge that is bulged apically; medially, the arm is the largest among similar species, with a width/length ratio of 0.3 to 0.4, and finally, its concavity is the least evident among all closely related species.

Description: Male: Wingspan 28 mm, wing length 13 - 14 mm. Labial palpi 3.5 X longer than widest diameter of eye, grey brown sprinkled with off-white and yellow with inner and upper side paler. Maxillary palpi brown sprinkled with off-white with apex paler. Antennae thickened, dark brown with yellow costa. Frons subconical, brown suffused with off-white. Ocelli and chaetosemata poorly developed. Head brown sprinkled with yellow and with long scales yellow. Patagia and tegulae grey brown sprinkled with yellow. Thorax grey brown sprinkled with pale brown, medially off-white and with bottom edge yellow. Wings with pattern and colours as illustrated ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 17–22 ). Underside of both wings brown with terminal line off-white and light suffusion yellow on fore wing. Legs grey brown with paler inner side, outer spur half as long as inner spur Fore and midleg brown with outer side darker; hind leg yellow brown with outer spur two thirds as long as inner spur. Abdomen tergites concolorous with hind wing, with first segment and anal tuft paler; sternites yellow grey.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 33–40 ): Uncus shorter than gnathos, pointed and down curved apically. Gnathos apically subtriangular. Tegumen subtriangular, with arms basally rounded.Vinculum stout, 0.7 as long as valva. Pseudosaccus subpyramidal. Juxta V-shaped. Valva subrectangular, narrowing distally, with rounded cucullus; pars basalis basally 0.45 as long as valva, medially large and concave, and apically rounded. Phallus shorter than valva, subcylindrical, vesica with about 30 short cornuti.

Female unknown.

Distribution: Plat Mountain in North Macedonia.