Opogona transversata, Bippus, 2016

Bippus, Maik, 2016, New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 347-370 : 367

Opogona transversata spec. nov.

Description (plate 10: figs 46-49): Wingspan: 9.5 mm. Antennae blackish-brown, a little broadend at base, about 3/4 of forewings length. Short palpi, dark grey-brownish. Head and shoulders dark purplish, almost blackish. Thorax grey-brownish, abdomen dark grey-brownish, underside silvery-white ringed blackish (fig. 48). Legs grey-brownish, mixed with some grey-silvery irescent scales and bristles. Forewings: deep purplish with an irescent, metallic shine, a broad yellow transverse line at 2/5. Base of dorsum a little descaled, brownish-silvery. Underside brownish. Hindwings: grey-brownish, 2 frenulae in female.

Male genitalia: unknown.

Female genitalia (plate 10: figs 50–52): stout ductus bursae, about 2.5 times of the length of corpus bursae; corpus bursae with six aligned signa, four smaller, two larger, somewhat of half-round shaped.

Holotype: female, collected at light, La Réunion, La Possession, alt. 400 m (20°55'37"S / 55°21'45"E).

Distribution: La Réunion.

Etymology: Named after its yellowish transverse line.

Biology: U nknown.