Russelliana sp. 11

Material examined. Chile: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, IV Region, Province Elqui, 5–10 km S Vicuña, 30°05'S 70°40'W, 750–950 m, 5.xii.1993, Adesmia kingii, semidesert (D. Burckhardt) #11 (MHNG, dry).

Comments. The specimens resemble R. vinculipennis in a paramere bearing a hook-shaped apico-anterior process on a pedicel and in a long female terminalia. They differ from R. vinculipennis in a lighter body colour, a shape of the forewing and the presence of a more extensive pattern on its membrane.