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Alucita iringiensis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanina 2018, sp. nov.

Description

5. Alucita iringiensis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. In the external characters, A. iringiensis is close to A. capensis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1877, but these species differ in the female genital structure. In the new species, the bursa has no signa, it is elongated and narrow, and the antrum length is shorter than width, while in A. capensis, the bursa copulatrix is oval with signa, the antrum is elongated, its length noticeably longer then width.

Description. Adult. Head and tegula with pale grey scales. Antenna brown. Labial palpus pale grey, straight, 3 times longer than longitudinal eye diameter, third segment separated, tapered to apex. Wingspan 14 mm. Fore and hind wing mottled, pale grey, with two wide brown streaks in distal and medial area. Small spot of scales on apex of each lobe of both wings. Hind leg pale yellow, interspersed with brown scales.

Female genitalia. Papilla analis narrow, elongated. Anterior and posterior apophyses thin, straight, equal in length. Antrum wide, goblet-shaped, its length shorter than width. Ductus long, narrow, densely interspersed with tiny spikes. Bursa copulatrix narrow, elongated, 1,5 times longer than ductus. Signa absent.

Type material. Holotype: female, Tanzania, Iringa Reg, Makete Distr.: Kiitulo Plateau N. 2700 m, 29.xi– 1.xii.2005, L. Aarvik, M. Fibiger, A. Kingston (NHMO 2900).

Etymology. Toponymic name.

Distribution. Tanzania.

Notes

Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Pеtеr, Kovtunovich, Vasiliy & Ustjuzhanina, Anna, 2018, New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania, pp. 167-175 in Zootaxa 4438 (1) on pages 171-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/1294211

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMO
Material sample ID
NHMO 2900
Event date
2005-11-29
Verbatim event date
2005-11-29/12-01
Scientific name authorship
Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanina
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Alucitidae
Genus
Alucita
Species
iringiensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Alucita iringiensis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018