Psychidarbela pellucida ( Nonaka, 2021 ) Yakovlev & Hulsbosch & Zolotuhin, 2023

Yakovlev, Roman V., Hulsbosch, Ramon & Zolotuhin, Vadim V., 2023, Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. XI. Genus Psychidarbela Roepke, 1938, Ecologica Montenegrina 65, pp. 51-59 : 57

Psychidarbela pellucida ( Nonaka, 2021) comb. n.

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Laonagoda pellucida Nonaka, 2021: 61−62 .

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Type material (Holotype, male) in UMTU, examined .

Type locality: Laos, Luan Prabang , Phou Khoun, Ban Kalo [19.50724°, 102.59606°] .

Material examined. 1 female, West of Vang Vieng , 300 m, Vientiane Prov., Laos, 21.x.2011, leg. Kenichiro Nakao, No. 1110210030 (RYB, slide RYB 2017-10) ; 1 female, N-Thailand, Prov. Chiang Mai, Umg. Doi Kham, N 18º45.547´, 98º55.042´, 8‒10.x.2001, leg. S. Loeffler (RYB, slide RYB 2017-9).

Description. Female. Length of fore wing 15‒16 mm. Antenna short (about 1/4 of fore wing length), bipectinate, setae 3 times longer than antenna stem in diameter. Thorax and abdomen densely covered with brown scales. Fore wing brown, with poorly expressed pattern of dark-brown strokes throughout all wing area except for basal portion, light-brown portion basally, more expressed at cubital area, fringe brown. Hind wing light-brown, with poorly expressed pattern of dark-brown strokes on all wing, fringe brown.

Female genitalia. Papillae anales lobe-like, wide; apophyses posteriores short, tapered; apophyses anteriores thin, short, almost equal to apophyses posteriores in length; ostium slit-like; ductus bursae long, wide; ductus seminalis narrow, passing from ductus bursae in medium third; bursa bag-like without signa.

Distribution. Laos, Thailand.

Figures

Figures 1‒9. Adult specimens of Psychidarbela: 1. P. kalshoveni, male, paratype (NBCL); 2. P. kalshoveni, female, allotype (NBCL); 3. P. lehmanni, male, holotype (RHE); 4. P. lehmanni, female, paratype (MWM); 5. P. blancoi, female, holotype (MWM); 6. P. blancoi, female, paratype (MWM); 7. P. pellucida, male, holotype, from Nonaka 2021 (UMTU); 8. P. pellucida, female, Laos (RYB); 9. P. pellucida, female, Thailand (RYB).

Figures 10‒12. Male genitalia of Psychidarbela: 10. P. kalshoveni, paratype (NBCL); 11. P. lehmanni, holotype (RHE); 12. P. pellucida, holotype, from Nonaka 2021 (UMTU).

Figures 13‒16. Female genitalia of Psychidarbela: 13. P. kalshoveni, paratype (NBCL); 14. P. lehmanni, paratype (MWM); 15. P. blancoi, holotype (MWM); 16. P. pellucida, Laos (RYB).

Figure 17. Geographical distribution of Psychidarbela.