A contribution to the Dryadaulidae and Tineidae of Lebanon, with two species new to science (Lepidoptera) Author Gaedike, Reinhard Author Kullberg, Jaakko text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2016 2016-06-30 66 1 145 152 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1899 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.1.145-152 0005-805X 5372154 Nemapogon shamica GAEDIKE & KULLBERG , spec. nov. Holotype : ♀ , “ 9.–16.v.1963 , Libanon, O v. Saida [ Lebanon , E of Saida ], [leg.] Kasy & Vartian;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Petersen Nr. 2133;” “ Holotypus ♂ , Nemapogon shamica sp. n. det. G. Gaedike , 2014;” NMW . Paratypes : 5 ♀ , with same data as the holotype, but genitalia slides Petersen Nr. 2105; 2126; 2127; genitalia slides Gaedike Nr. 2820; 2821; NMW ; SDEI ; 1 ♀ , “Libanon, 25 km N von Beirut [ Lebanon , 25 km N of Beirut ], 9.vi.1961 , [leg.] Kasy & Vartian;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Petersen Nr. 2135;” NMW ; 1 ♀ , “GK.6279, Lebanon , Kesrouan , 1520 m , 34°02'56,69"N , 35°47'17,35"E , 2 km W Ain el Quadah, 29.v.2012 , J. Kullberg & T. Lievonen leg.: FMNH ;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 8435;” FMNH ; 1 ♀ , “GK.6694, Lebanon , Kesrouan , 950 m , 34°03'57,85"N , 35°45'04,03"E , Jebel Musa , Mar Garyes , 25.v.2012 , J. Kullberg & T. Lievonen leg.: FMNH ; 2 ♀ , “Zypern [ Cyprus ], 4.viii.[19]83, Troodos Gebirge, ndl. Troodos [Troodos mountains, norh of Troodos], 1500 m , [leg.] M. & E. Arenberger ;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 2714; 2722;” coll. Arenberger ; SDEI ; 2 ♀ , “Zypern [ Cyprus ], 11.viii.[19]83, Troodos Gebirge [Troodos mountains], Tripylos Cedar Valley , 1300 m , [leg.] M. & E. Arenberger ;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 2712; 2725;” coll. Arenberger ; SDEI ; 1 ♀ , Zypern, Paphos Umg., [ Cyprus , env. of Paphos ] 8.–20.v.[19]93, leg. J. Wimmer ;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 4953;” coll. Arenberger ; 1 ♀ , “ Cyprus , Troodos mts. , Adeifi above Khandria , 1600 m , 24.vi.1997 , leg. M. Fibiger , A. Madsen , D. Nilsson , P. Svendsen ;” “Coll. ZMUC ;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 6543;” ZMUC ; 1 ♀ , “ Cyprus , Troodos Mts , Olympus , 1950 m , 23.–29.vi.1997 , leg. D. Nilsson , A. Madsen , M. Fibiger , P. Svendsen ;” “Coll. ZMUC ;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 6544;” ZMUC . Description ( fig. 6 ): Wingspan 12 – 15 mm ; head brush pale creamy, laterally and tuft between antennae greybrown; antenna grey-brown, underside lighter; outside of labial palpus dark grey-brown, inside creamy, second segment on upper side with some bristles, apically with four to five bristles; thorax and tegulae brown, only apically pale creamy. The whitish ground colour of forewing nearly completely overlaid with brown scales, forming a pattern, characteristic for the genus: from base at costa oblique to the begin of cell; at 1/2 from costa oblique through cell to dorsum at begin of fringe; a large patch before apex from costa to fringe; some short stripes at costa; a line from apex along fringe to the end of them. Hindwing light grey. Male genitalia : Unknown. Female genitalia ( figs 7–7h ): Apophysis anterioris ends in narrow prolonged plate; ostium lip arrowheadshaped, the apical process with variable length, ostium lip basally with a more strongly sclerotized area of different length. Etymology : The name is derived after the Arab name “ash-Sham” of the Levant, originally meaning the area under the rule of Caliphate and its capital Damascus . Biology : Larval host unknown. The hitherto known records of many members of the genus show that larvae are fungivorous, therefore it can be presumed that larvae of this species have a similar life history. Remarks : Not superficially certainly distinguishable from the other members of the genus. The new species is a member of a group of species having an arrowhead- shaped ostium lip with a more or less long terminal process with some long bristles. It is similar to N. sardicus GAEDIKE, 1983 , but the ostium lip is more or less triangular, with a short apical process, and N. signatellus PETERSEN, 1957 , but this species is characterised by having a signum in the corpus bursae.