Anaudia thyranthrena, Bartsch, 2013

Bartsch, Daniel, 2013, Revisionary checklist of the Southern African Sesiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of new species, Zootaxa 3741 (1), pp. 1-54 : 15-16

Anaudia thyranthrena new sp.

Figs 33 , 114

Specimen examined. Holotype: ♂ ( Fig. 33 ) “ South Africa, Cape Province, SW of Rawsonville, Tygerstelskloof Mns., 1800 m, 30.Dec.1963 ” “TMPS sp. 26” (gen. prep. Bartsch 2007–31, Fig. 114 ) ( TMPS).

Etymology. Named after its superficial resemblance with some species of Thyranthrene Hampson, 1919 ( Sesiidae : Paranthrenini ).

Description of the male ( Figs 33 , 114 ). Wingspan 17 mm, forewing length 7 mm, antenna 5.5 mm and body 12 mm. Head with labial palpus almost white, first palpomere ventrally mixed with light brownish, bristle-like scales, second one laterally and mesally with black, bristle-like scales, third one greyish-black; antenna bipectinate, rami short and broad, flagellum black, ventrally light brown, scapus ventrally white; frons white, medially grey; vertex with mixed black and light grey scales; pericephalic scales whitish. Thorax and abdomen dorsally dark brownish-grey, interspersed with some black; prothorax laterally and ventrally, and lateral spot of the mesothorax off-white; tergite 4 with fine, off-white posterior margin; sternites brownish-grey, somewhat mottled with ochre; anal tuft brownish-grey. Legs and tibial spurs dark brownish-grey; coxa, femur and tibia mottled with off-white, hair-like scales; segments of tarsus meso-distally with ochre patch; fore coxa off-white; hind tibia medio-laterally with large, white patch. Wings dark brownish-grey; forewing almost opaque, with two minute transparent cells between median veins; wing base, cell, stem of media and cubitus densely mixed with black; discal spot marked by some light grey scales; underside basally black, sub-basally and at distal margin light grey; hindwing proximal of discal spot and two small distal cells between M1–M3 hyaline; wing base and anal margin black; fringes brownishgrey, anal margin of hindwing white.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 113 ). As stated in the genus description. Uncus small, row of its thorn-like setae about one third as long as its total length; saccus as long as processes vinculi; coecum penis distinctly tapered, distally pointed.

Female. Unknown.

Diagnosis. See A. felderi .

Figures

FIGURES 25–36. Specimens of Alonina Walker, 1856; Anaudia Wallengren, 1863 and Austrosetia Felder & Felder, 1874: 25– 27. Alonina fusca new sp. (25–26) ♂ holotype; (27) ♀ paratype. 28–32. Anaudia felderi Wallengren, 1863, (28–29) ♂, pale specimen, Northern Cape, Kalahari, ca. 50 km E Hotazel, Tswalu Resort; (30) ♂, dark specimen, ibid.; (31) ♀ syntype; (32) ♀, Tswalu Resort. 33. Anaudia thyranthrena new sp., ♂ holotype. 34 Alonina rufa new sp., ♀, paratype, Knysna (paralectotype of Austrosetia semirufa Felder & Felder, 1874). 35–36. Austrosetia semirufa Felder & Felder, 1874: (35) ♀ lectotype; (36) ♀, original figure.

FIGURES 113–114. Male genitalia of Anaudia Walker, 1856: (113) A. felderi Wallengren, 1863; (114) A. thyranthrena new sp, holotype.