Cameraria perodeaui, De Prins, 2012

Prins, Jurate De & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2012, Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 3594 (1), pp. 1-283 : 49

The perodeaui group

The perodeaui group can superficially be confused with the species of the lemarchandi group and Porphyrosela . The wing pattern of the perodeaui group slightly resembles that of C. fasciata Kumata, 1993 , known from West Malaysia. The first fasciate white marking at 1/4 of forewing is straight, edged on both sides, the second strigulate white marking at 1/2 of forewing edged on both sides. Wing venation corresponds to that of typical Cameraria with 5 apical veins in forewing, long Rs and single branched M 1 in hindwing. The distance between the vein R5 and the neghbouring costal vein R 4 is slightly larger in C. perodeaui , than in many other Cameraria species. The scarce available material does not allow us to determine whether it could be a slight variation in the position of vein R4 in this species group. The biology and male genitalia of this species group is unknown. In females, papillae anales are separated by a broad ventral gap, the ventral edges of basal bar are turned centrad. Apophyses posteriores short, situated close to each other, weakly sclerotized; anterior apophyses with broad bases in subposterior sector of segment VIII, long, ca. 2× longer than posterior apohyses, strongly sclerotized, dilating from each other. Ostium bursae in subposterior sector of segment VII, sterigma small, lamella antevaginalis crescent-shaped. Ductus bursae anterior to antrum without small sclerotized plate; corpus bursae without signum.