Rhotana holtmanni Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 74-75

Rhotana holtmanni Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 1.8 times longer than wide, length 4.8–5.8 mm. Colour stramineous to faintly orangebrown; mesonotum orange-brown, but lateral carinae and scutellum pale; abdomen light brown to light orangebrown. Forewings not powdered, faintly yellowish-brown, interrupted by clear areas; a diffuse, infuscated mark just before apex of Cu1 which varies in size and intensity of infuscation; a red or reddish-brown mark around last subcostal sector; veins stramineous but parts of Sc, R, and M red or tinted with orange-brown. Hindwings with a large, dark-brown, kidney-shaped mark bearing a white dot, and a smaller rounded mark next to it; both marks sometimes merged; faint infuscations in centre of hindwings and in front of larger mark. Facial carinae contiguous up to lower level of eyes; rostrum not quite reaching hind coxae; subantennal processes well -, lateral carinae of pronotum poorly developed. Forewings with costal margin slightly -, apical part of Sc strongly sinuate; Sc+R fork at end of basal third of wing; Ms1 branched at end of basal third, Ms1b connected to apical part of Cu1 by a crossvein; a triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer bearing large, pointed, lateral projections; anal segment with a pair of lateral, finger-like processes bearing bristles. Aedeagus ending in two pointed processes, the dorsal one slightly turned to the left, the ventral one curved downwards and to the right.

Etymology. The species is named for the collector and ' holtmanni ' is a latinized noun used in the genitive case.

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.8 mm, body 2.9 mm), EAST MALAYSIA: NORTH BORNEO; labels: 1) BRITISH N. BORNEO / Tawau , Quoin Hill / 8–7. VII .1962 2) H. Holtmann / Light trap / BISHOP ( BPBM) . Paratype. same location as holotype, but Cocoa Res. Sta. , 6.IX.1962, Y. Hirashima, Malaise trap; Mt. Kinabalu , Tenompok, 1 ♂ (fw. 5.8), XI-2-'58, fannula of bamboo hut, T . C. Maa (all BPBM) .

Distribution. North Borneo.

Diagnosis. Rhotana holtmanni shows similarities to R. trimaculata Distant from Sri Lanka. It can be distinguished from that species by the dark mark on the forewings at the tip of Cu1 and by the shape and position of the hindwing marks.