Naarda huettleri, Tóth & Ronkay, 2015

Tóth, Balázs & Ronkay, László, 2015, Revision Of The Palaearctic And Oriental Species Of The Genus Naarda (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae) Part 2. Description Of Ten New Species From Asia, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 61 (1), pp. 3-23 : 19-20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.17109/AZH.61.1.3.2015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6870816
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87F4-5918-FFD0-93F6-1F8FA981FBDA
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Naarda huettleri
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Naarda huettleri sp. n.

( Figs 9 View Figs 7–12 , 39 View Figs 25–39 )

Holotype. m, „ Ceylon, 1975.X-XI, leg. HüttlerB.”; slideNo. TB 571m (coll. HNHM).

Taxonomy. Themalegenitaliaimplycloserelationshipwith N. secreta and N. atrata .

Description. Wingspanca. 11 mm, lengthofforewing 5.5 mm (rightforewingof holotypemissing). Headmissing. Characteristicwingpatternfeatures: costaofforewing straight; groundcolourdarkbrownishgrey (thespecimenisworn); transverselinesindistinct; reniformstigmamedium-sized, lightyellow, semilunar, withlargeblackspotatbottomhalf, verywidedarkedgeincell; orbicularstigmalarge, ca. halfaslargeasreniform, itsgroundcolourlikethatofreniform. Colourationandpatternofhindwingsimilarto thoseofforewing.

Malegenitalia ( Fig. 9 View Figs 7–12 ). Uncusrelativelyshort, slightlycurved, mediumwide, hooked. Scaphiumstraight, aslongasuncus. Tegumenslightlylongerthanvinculum. Saccus broad-based, long, graduallytapering, itstippointed. Juxtalarge, roundedtriangular, broaderthanlong. Valvalong, narrow, slightlytapering. Asmallcostallobepresentin theapicalquarterofvalva. Sacculusmediumwide, elongate, nearlyhalfaslongasvalva. Distalquarterofvalvacomposedbythesclerotisedfusionofcosta, harpeandcucullus; thissectionbeingtapering, apicallyslightlycurvedtodorsaldirection, itstippointed. Aedeagusmediumthick, evenlywide, straight; proximalquarterofvesicascobinatebyrelativelybiggrainsandwithlarge, narrowcornutusbeingstronglycurvedatbase, straight atremainingsection.

Diagnosis. Theshapeandsizeofforewingofthisnewspeciesaresimilar to N. ineffectalis sensuHolloway, 2008. But N. huettleri lacksthemalebasal scentorganofforewing, whichispresentin N. ineffectalis sensuHolloway, moreover, theorbicularspotislarger. Themalegenitaliashowmoreconspicuousdifferencesbetweenthesetwospecies: theuncusin N. huettleri is notbifurcate, whilethatof N. ineffectalis isbranched, thejuxtalacksthehuge processpresentin N. ineffectalis , thevalvaismuchnarrowerandlonger, and thecornutusofaedeagusismuchnarrower.

Thesupposedclosestrelativeof N. huettleri is N. secreta . However, N. huettleri differsfromthelatterbythesomewhatnarroweruncus, narrower valvaandthemorecurvedapicalfusedstructureofvalva.

Etymology. Thenewspeciesisdedicatedtothecollectorofthetypespecimen, Mr BélaHüttler (1937–2002), formertaxidermistoftheHNHM.

Distribution. SriLanka.