Gnorimoschema kozlovi, Bidzilya, Oleksiy, Huemer, Peter, Nupponen, Kari & Sumpich, Jan, 2019

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, Huemer, Peter, Nupponen, Kari & Sumpich, Jan, 2019, A review of some new or little-known species of the genus Gnorimoschema (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from the Palaearctic region, ZooKeys 857, pp. 105-138 : 105

Gnorimoschema kozlovi sp. nov. Figs 17, 32

Material examined.

Holotype. Mongolia ♂; Yuzhno-Gobiisky aimak, 60 km E Talyn-Bilgeh-Bulak spring; 17-19 Aug. 1969; M. Kozlov leg.; gen. slide 236/15, O. Bidzilya; ZIN.

Description.

Adult (Fig. 17). Wingspan 11.0 mm. Head white with several brown scales on the neck, segment II of labial palpus brown with white medial belt, upper surface white, with brush of modified scales on underside, segment III black with white medial and apical rind, acute, scape brown with few white scales on apex, flagellum brown white-ringed; thorax and tegulae covered with white brown-tipped scales; forewing yellowish cream in dorsal 1/3 width, costal 2/3 mottled with grey and brown mainly along veins, fold with indistinct light brown streak, fringe white brown-tipped; hindwing and fringe light grey.

Male genitalia (Fig. 32). Uncus moderately narrow, apex triangular, pointed; gnathos long, weakly curved, broadest in middle; tegumen broad in basal half, distally nearly parallel-sided, anteromedial emargination deep, triangular, extending to half length of tegumen; valva broad in basal third, strongly curved before middle, then narrow, weakly sinuate, about of equal width, apex slightly broadened and rounded, not extending the top of uncus; sacculus very long, extending nearly to the top of valva, broad on base, distal portion narrow, with pointed, coiled and downwards curved 1/4; vinculum broad, posterior margin with deep and broad sub-triangular medial emargination, with triangular lateral process and broad membranous lobe; saccus sub-rectangular, weakly narrowed towards rounded apex, not extended beyond top of pedunculus; phallus moderately broad, gradually curved, with small triangular apical hook, caecum twice shorter than the length of phallus.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Diagnosis.

The new species is characterized by the forewing colour divided into dark brown costal and yellowish-cream dorsal parts. The male genitalia are characterized by a very long sacculus that reaches about ¾ length of valva and within the Palaearctis Gnorimoschema -species unique phallus with gradually curved distal portion.

Molecular data.

Unavailable due to lack of suitable, fresh material.

Distribution.

Mongolia.

Biology.

Host plant unknown. The holotype was collected in mid-August.

Etymology.

The species is named in honour of the Russian hymenopterist and well-known specialist in the family Scelionidae , Mikhail Alekseevich Kozlov, the collector of the holotype of the new species.