Acrolepiopsis lativalvata, Gaedike, 2016

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2016, New and poorly known Acrolepiinae from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 257-264 : 259

Acrolepiopsis lativalvata spec. nov.

Holotype, ♂, “ RSA, North Cape, Kamieskroon, Farm Windhoek , 16.x.2007, leg. W. Mey;” “Bachtal, ca 2 km oberh. Farmhaus [stream valley, appr. 2 km above farm house];” “Gen. präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 7529;” “Holotypus Acrolepiopsis lativalvata sp. n. det. R. Gaedike 2016;” ZMHB.

Derivatio nominis: Named after the broad apical part of the valvae.

Diagnosis (Fig. 3): Wingspan 10 mm. Head dark grey, scales with whitish tip; labial palpus with same colouration, segments apically whitish. Scape of antenna dark grey, flagellum ringed, thorax and tegulae with same colouration as head. Forewing with dark grey scales, apically white; at 1/3 on dorsum wedge-shaped white patch, characteristic for the genus, reaching the cell, white are also four thin stripes on costa between 2/3 and apex, the area around the stripes overlaid with white scales. The fringe basally with some minute white dots; fringe with two dark scale-lines. One dark grey-brown patch on costa between 1/2 and the first stripe, another patch on dorsum lateral of the wedge-shaped patch. Hindwing grey.

Male genitalia ( Figs 14–16 ): Vinculum laterally narrow, ventrally triangular with a long narrow saccus with rounded tip; valva basally rounded, with long bristles, first third narrowest, the apical part broader, apically truncated with rounded angles; phallus slightly curved, basally broad rounded, narrower towards apex, as long as the entire genitalia apparatus.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Remarks: Superficially characterized by scales with white tips and the pattern on apical third of forewing. The broad valvae distinguish the species from the other taxa in this genus.

Figures

Figs 7–16: Digitivalva kenyacola (male: 7 – uncus-tegumen-vinculum-saccus; 8 – valva; 9 – phallus; 10 – female), Acrolepiopsis falcata (male:11 – uncus-tegumen-vinculum-saccus; 12 – valva; 13 – phallus), Acrolepiopsis lativalvata (male: 14 – uncus-tegumenvinculum-saccus; 15 – valva; 16 – phallus).