taxonID	type	description	language	source
FD6A6E50FFB68C025A07FCF25FBB8382.taxon	description	Simpligena gen. nov. urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: A 3054 AE 7 - 6845 - 4781 - 9035 - 4 D 078 C 72821 D Type species: Simpligena auromarginea sp. nov.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB68C025A07FCF25FBB8382.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: The morphology of the male genitalia makes Simpligena gen. nov. unique. The large and broad tegumen without any of the “ normal “ appendages as uncus, socii or gnathos, as well as the large phallus and small valva separate it from all known genera and species of the family. Simpligena auromarginea shows some resemblance with Hystrichophora Walsingham, 1879 which has falcate forewings and male genitalia with a large tegumen and a large and curved phallus as in the present new genus. However, the uncus in Hystrichophora is well developed, and in the female genitalia the signa are different, and the ductus seminalis has a different position (Agassiz, 2011; Agassiz & Aarvik, 2014; Razowski, 2015).	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB68C025A07FCF25FBB8382.taxon	description	Description: Head: Roughly scaled; labial palp 1.4 times diameter of eye, terminal segment short, barely visible due to scaling of second segment; antenna with appressed scales, distally serrate. Thorax: smooth-scaled. Forewing: Apex prolonged; all veins present, Ms developed, M 3 and CuA 1 from same point. Hindwing: All veins present. M 3 and CuA 1 short stalked. Legs without sexual modifications in male. Male genitalia: Tegumen large, broad, posterior corners convex, each with seven stout setae, uncus absent; valva basally broad, apically hooked, sacculus with row of long bristles, basal excavation large, reaching two thirds of the length of valva; caulis long; phallus large, evenly curved, tapered, without cornuti (Fig. 1). Female genitalia: Papillae anales basally slender; posterior apophyses shorter than anterior ones; sterigma posteriorly with complex paired structure; ostium with sclerotized margins laterally and anteriorly; ductus bursae slender, membranous; ductus seminalis attached to ductus bursae close to entrance of corpus bursae; corpus bursae globular, with two horn-shaped signa; posterior margin of sternum 7 forming wide v-shaped cancavity (Fig. 2). Etymology: The name of the genus refers to the peculiar, simplified male genitalia.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB78C015A07FF1D5F4F8302.taxon	materials_examined	Type material: Holotype: ♂, Tanzania: Morogoro District; Kitulangalo Forest Reserve, 420 – 540 m; 6. xii. 1992; leg. L. Aarvik. Genitalia slide 2854 L. Aarvik, coll. NHMO. Paratypes: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype, genitalia slide ♀ 2855 L. Aarvik, genitalia slide ♂ 4449 NHMO. 1 ♂, same data as holotype, but collected 1. i. 1993. All paratypes in NHMO.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB78C015A07FF1D5F4F8302.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Externally easily recognizable in the falcate forewing which apart from the conspicuous yellow termen, is plain brownish-grey.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB78C015A07FF1D5F4F8302.taxon	description	Description: Head: As for the genus; brownish-grey; labial palp white; antenna brownish-grey on upper side, light brown on underside. Thorax: Brownish-grey. Legs: Cream-coloured, tarsi with grey rings. Wingspan: 10 – 12 mm. Forewing: Broad; costa slightly concave sub-apically; termen notched below apex, giving the wing a falcate shape, termen convex below notch. Colour brownish-grey; costal strigulae present as short, oblique thin lines along costa, with brown scaling between the light streaks; terminal area yellow; thin brown line along terminal wing margin from apex to beyond middle of termen. Cilia yellow, darker at apex and grey at tornus. Hindwing coloured as forewing (Fig. 3). Abdomen: Brownish-grey on upper side, underside pale yellow. Male and female genitalia: As described for the genus.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB78C015A07FF1D5F4F8302.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology: Foodplant unknown. The collecting site is inside a coastal lowland forest which remains green also during the dry season; it is surrounded by Brachystegia - woodland where trees are deciduous.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB78C015A07FF1D5F4F8302.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Known from eastern Tanzania.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
FD6A6E50FFB78C015A07FF1D5F4F8302.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species name refers to the yellow terminal area in the forewing.	en	Aarvik, Leif (2025): Taxonomic notes on African Tortricidae I: Simpligena auromarginea gen. nov., sp. nov., a peculiar new genus and species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Tanzania. Metamorphosis 36: 1-3, DOI: 10.4314/met.v36i1.1
