Conaspasia congolana Aarvik

Aarvik, Leif & Agassiz, David J. L., 2014, Revision of African Neaspasia Diakonoff, 1989 and the related Conaspasia, n. gen. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), Zootaxa 3754 (2), pp. 117-132 : 130-131

Conaspasia congolana Aarvik , new species

( Figs. 13 , 28 )

Type material. Holotype, ♂, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 1♂ Bas-Congo, Nat. Res. Luki- Mayumbe , 05°37’S 13°05’E, 320 m, 16.v.2007, J. & W. De Prins, genitalia slide L. Aarvik 2013.011 ( RMCA); Paratype, 1♂, same data as holotype ( RMCA).

Description. Male ( Fig. 13 ). Head: Beige, neck tufts dark greyish brown with white-tipped scales. Antenna dark grayish brown, tip and scape light brown. Labial palpus ca. 2.0 times diameter of eye, beige. Thorax: Brownish black, scales white-tipped. Fore- and mid-legs grey externally, beige internally, with light rings; hind leg light beige, tibia pencil light yellow. Wingspan 13.0–14.0 mm. Forewing upperside basal third brownish black, distal two thirds cream; median fascia represented by ochreous suffusion on costa, on dorsum and in middle; ochreous suffusion also in tornal area; round patch of brown suffusion present as in subapical area; costal strigulae interspaced with brownish black; cilia grey, becoming lighter towards tornus. Hindwing grey¸ cilia light grey, becoming lighter towards anal corner; rhopaloid scales present at anal corner. Abdomen: Grey, anal tuft ochreous. Genitalia ( Fig. 28 ) with uncus small, subtriangular, rounded apically, setose; socii subrectangular, apical edge with strong spines; valva slender, slightly S-shaped, cucullus spiny in ventral third, an oblique row of long spines from middle of ventral edge to distal end of basal excavation on dorsum. Phallus slender, lightly curved at basal third. Female. Unknown.

Diagnosis. Externally distinguished from other species of Conaspasia n. gen. by its smaller size. From species of Neaspasia it differs by having shorter hindwing. The hindwing is probably unmodified in the female.

Distribution. This species is known only from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the country where the type specimens were collected.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 14. Adults of Neaspasia and Conaspasia n. gen. 10. N. brevibasana (Walsingham). Male from Rep. South Africa: Cederberg Mts. 11, 12. C. albonigra (Razowski & Wojtusiak). 11. Male from Uganda: Malamigambo Forest. 12. Female from Uganda: Mabira Forest. 13. C. congolana n. sp. Paratype male. 14. C. sophrona (Wojtusiak & Razowski). Female from Dem. Rep. Congo: Nat. Res. Luki-Mayumbe. Scale 10 mm.

FIGURES 27 – 29. Male genitalia of Conaspasia n. gen. 27. C. albonigra (Razowski & Wojtusiak) (slide NHMO 2242). 28. C. congolana n. sp. (slide L. Aarvik 2013.011). 29. C. sophrona (Razowski & Wojtusiak) (slide L. Aarvik 2013.013). Scale 1 mm.