Asapharcha angustella Bidzilya & Mey & Rajaei 2024, sp. nov. ...

Asapharcha angustella sp. nov. Figs 1, 17, 23, 24, 39 Type material. Holotype ♂, RSA [Republic of South Africa], North Cape, Lelyfontein, Esel-Kop, 27.xi.2008, leg. Ebert, Mey & Kühne; gen. slide 48/09, O. Bidzilya (MfN). Paratype: 2 ♂, RSA [Republic of South Africa], West Cape, N Montagu, Burge...

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Main Authors: Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram, Rajaei, Hossein
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Published: Zenodo 2024
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11064518
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11064518
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Summary:Asapharcha angustella sp. nov. Figs 1, 17, 23, 24, 39 Type material. Holotype ♂, RSA [Republic of South Africa], North Cape, Lelyfontein, Esel-Kop, 27.xi.2008, leg. Ebert, Mey & Kühne; gen. slide 48/09, O. Bidzilya (MfN). Paratype: 2 ♂, RSA [Republic of South Africa], West Cape, N Montagu, Burger-Pass, 560 m, 27.xi.2013, leg. Mey; gen. slide 549/23, 614/23, O. Bidzilya (MfN). Diagnosis. In A. angustella sp. nov. the forewing is comparatively slender, greyish-brown with a brown spot at 1/3 of dorsal margin and 2/3 of costa. In similar species like Asapharcha fuscomaculata and A. tauropis, the forewing is broader, and details of their patterns are different. The male genitalia of A. angustella sp. nov. can be recognized by the basally constricted uncus; the parallel-sided cucullus to 3/4 its length (broadened to 2/3–3/4 its length in A. fuscomaculata), then narrowing on the dorsal margin; and a slender phallus with a very short subapical process (in A. lacistoides sp. nov. subapical process is also short, ... : Published as part of Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram & Rajaei, Hossein, 2024, Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species, pp. 548-566 in Zootaxa 5443 (4) on pages 551-552, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11064338 ...