Coleophora curviphallica Baldizzone 2021, sp. nov. ...
Coleophora curviphallica, sp. nov. (Figs. 11, 62–64) Holotype ♂ (GP Bldz 14994) “ RSA, North. Cape | Kamieskroon | Farm Windhoek | 16.X.2007, leg. W. Mey ”, [S 30°11.103’ E 17°56.308’, 930 m], in coll. MfN. Diagnosis. Small species of light appearance, with light brown forewing. The male genitalia a...
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| Summary: | Coleophora curviphallica, sp. nov. (Figs. 11, 62–64) Holotype ♂ (GP Bldz 14994) “ RSA, North. Cape | Kamieskroon | Farm Windhoek | 16.X.2007, leg. W. Mey ”, [S 30°11.103’ E 17°56.308’, 930 m], in coll. MfN. Diagnosis. Small species of light appearance, with light brown forewing. The male genitalia are different from those of all known Afrotropical species in the stubby cucullus, rounded lateral expansion of the sacculus, and the long arcuate phallotheca which somewhat resembles that of some palearctic species, for example C. pilion (Falkovitsh, 1992) of southern Russia and Turkmenistan, from which it differs in other aspects of the genitalia. Description. Wingspan 11 mm. Head white, frons light ochre tinged. Antenna: scape brown without erect scales; flagellum ringed light brown and dirty white. Labial palpus light ochre on outer side, mixed white and light ochre on inner side; third article about half length of second. Proboscis very short, normal shaped. Thorax and tegula white. Forewing light brown, white ... : Published as part of Baldizzone, Giorgio, 2021, On the taxonomy of Afrotropical Coleophoridae (VI). New species of the genus Coleophora Hübner, 1822 from South Africa (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae), pp. 167-205 in Zootaxa 5071 (2) on pages 187-191, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5723470 ... |
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