Philonome spectata Meyrick, 1920

Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Davis, Donald R. & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2015, Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea), ZooKeys 494, pp. 69-106 : 90-91

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Lyonetiidae

Philonome spectata Meyrick, 1920 Fig. 15

Philonome spectata Meyrick, 1920: 359; Davis 1984: 25.

Adult

(Fig. 15). Head: Vertex reddish brown; frons pale orange. Antenna 3/4 as long as forewing; scape white, suffused with pale orange anterobasally; first five flagellomeres white; remaining flagellomeres pale grayish brown. Labial palpus and maxilary palpus pale orange.

Thorax: Patagium and mesonotum reddish brown; tegula white. Legs pale orange. Forewing length 2.3 mm (n = 1), reddish brown; longitudinal fascia white, covering most costal area, lower margin sinuous, accompanied with very narrow dark brown line; costa suffused with pale orange subbasally and in terminal 1/3; elongate scales of fringe around apex reddish brown with dark brown tips; piliform scales of fringe on terminal 1/4 of costa and on tornal area yellowish brown with dark brown tips. Hindwing lustrous, yellowish gray, paler to base; fringe pale yellowish gray.

Abdomen: Terga and sterna lustrous white.

Female genitalia not examined.

Type.

Holotype: female, “Holo-type” [round label with red borders], "Para Brazil Parish 7-19.", "Meyrick Coll. B.M. 1938-290.", " Philonome spectata 1/1 Meyr[ick] E. Meyrick det. in Meyrick Coll.", BMNH.

Distribution.

Brazil ( Pará).

Remarks.

Only the holotype of Philonome spectata is known to exist. It was not possible to examine this specimen and to illustrate the genitalia. This species can be distinguished from other congeners in lacking the dorsal bar on the forewing.