Nemophora cleodoxa ( Meyrick, 1922 ) Kozlov, 2024

Kozlov, Mikhail V., 2024, Fairy moths of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798 (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, Zootaxa 5423 (1), pp. 1-66 : 21-22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5423.1.1
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scientific name	Nemophora cleodoxa ( Meyrick, 1922 )
status	comb. nov.

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Nemophora cleodoxa ( Meyrick, 1922) View in CoL , comb. nov.

( Fig. 17, 18 View FIGURES 17–24 , 70 View FIGURES 63–88 , 96 View FIGURES 94–99 , 114 View FIGURES 114–115 )

Nemotois cleodoxa View in CoL : Meyrick 1922: 535. Lectotype ♂ (here designated): Myanmar, Minbu (21° 10' N, 94° 53' E); labelled: 8 mm circle with blue border, print ‘ Lecto- │ type’; 5 × 10 mm, black ink ‘Minbu │ L. Burma │ TBF[letcher] 7.8.[19]14’; 13 × 14 mm, black ink + print ‘ Nemotois │ cleodoxa View in CoL │ 1/2 Meyr. │ E. Meyrick det. │ in Meyrick Coll.’; 6 × 13 mm, print ‘Meyrick Coll. │ B. M. 1938-290’; 4 × 13 mm, blue paper, print ‘Abdomen missing’; 8 × 18 mm, print ‘ LECTOTYPE ♂ │ Nemotois View in CoL cleo- │ doxa Meyrick, 1922 │ M. Kozlov design. 2003’ (NHM) [examined]. Paralectotype. 1 ♀, labelled: 8 mm circle with blue border, print ‘ Para- │ lecto- │ type’; 5 × 10 mm, black ink ‘Minbu │ L. Burma │ TBF[letcher] 7.8.[19]14’; 13 × 14 mm, black ink + print ‘ Nemotois │ cleodoxa View in CoL │ 2/2 Meyr. │ E. Meyrick det. │ in Meyrick Coll.’; 3 × 18 mm, black ink ‘cleodoxa Meyr. View in CoL ’; 8 × 18 mm, print ‘ PARALECTOTYPE ♀ │ Nemotois View in CoL cleo- │ doxa Meyrick, 1922 │ M. Kozlov design. 2003’ (NHM) [examined].

Nemotois cleodoxa View in CoL : Clarke 1955: 93.

Other material. Myanmar. 2 ♂ 1 ♀, Minbu , 6.–8.viii.1914 (Fletcher) ( NHM) .

Diagnosis. Nemophora cleodoxa is similar to N. pyrotechna ( Figs. 19, 20 View FIGURES 17–24 ), from which it differs by the absence of yellow scales in both forewing fascia and apical spot, presence of white transverse stripe at the forewing base and enlarged compound eyes in males (interocular index 0.9–1.1). Glossy golden spot at the middle of the costal margin occurs also in N. sinicella ( Figs. 12, 13 View FIGURES 9–16 ) and N. aglaospila ( Figs. 10, 11 View FIGURES 9–16 ), from which N. cleodoxa differs by the absence of dark and light semicircular bands surrounding this spot. From all mentioned species N. cleodoxa also differs by the U-shaped vinculum and long (1.35 × length of vinculum) phallus with strongly sclerotised horn-like symmetrical carinae on its ventral wall.

Description. Male ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 17–24 ). FWL 5.3–5.6 mm, WLR 0.34–0.38. Vertex ochreous; frons glossy golden. PLB 0.30–0.35 × vertical eye diameter (0.45–0.75 × length of scape), grey to light brown. Proboscis light brown, base with dark bronze scales. Eyes enlarged, but not touching each other; interocular index 0.9–1.1; occipital distance 0.4–0.5. Antenna 3.2–3.6 × FWL. Scape and base of flagellum dark coppery brown, apical part of flagellum bronze to brown. Tegulae and thorax bronze. Forewing base ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 63–88 ; approximately 0.4 × FWL) light glossy golden; apical part of forewing bronze, with coppery tint at apex. Basal quarter of forewing with distinct triangular brown spot between Sc and M stems, and with diffuse brown band reaching costa at 0.25 × FWL; this band is separated from basal triangular spot by transverse white stripe reaching 0.3–0.4 × forewing width. Fascia wide (from 0.20 × FWL at costa to 0.15 × FWL at dorsum), diffuse; reaches costa at 0.35 × FWL; consists of dark brown spots scattered over bronze background, in some specimens with a few white scales near costa. Apical part of forewing with diffuse oval brown spot located along outer margin. Fringe bronze. Hindwing dark brown, apically with slight coppery tint; costal area grey; fringe grey to brown. Legs bronze to brown; bases of all tarsomeres yellow. Epiphysis at 0.5, almost reaching apex of tibia. Abdomen bronze dorsally, coppery brown ventrally; distal parts of sternites silver-white.

Female ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 17–24 ). FWL 5.0– 5.5 mm. Antenna 1.0–1.1 × FWL, scape and flagellum uniformly bronze. Otherwise similar to male.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 96 View FIGURES 94–99 , 114 View FIGURES 114–115 ). Tegumen dome-shaped, wide, without medial ridge. Socii elongate, 0.8 × diameter of phallus. Vinculum 1.8 × length of valva, U-shaped, with almost parallel lateral margins; distal margin nearly straight. Tips of valvae at about same level as tip of tegumen. Ventral margin of valva sharply bent at 0.65 × length of valva; basal part of valva much wider than its apical part; dorsal margin nearly straight; tip of valva rounded. Valvae not fused basally. Anellus 0.2 × length of valva. Transtilla wide, with small triangular medial process. Juxta 0.4 × length of phallus; arrow head wide (WLR 0.75), with pointed tip and pointed lateral arms. Phallus 1.35 × length of vinculum; distal half ventrally with two strongly sclerotised symmetrical carinae, which in ventral view form lyre-shaped figure; apex of phallus membranous; base widely funnel-shaped.

Distribution. Myanmar ( Meyrick 1922).