New and poorly known Acrolepiinae from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae) Author Gaedike, Reinhard text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2016 2016-12-20 66 2 257 264 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1905 journal article 2510 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.257-264 cdc3d462-a67d-4a54-b403-dae1af013526 0005-805X 4754080 Acrolepiopsis lativalvata spec. nov. Holotype , ♂, “ RSA , North Cape , Kamieskroon , Farm Windhoek , 16.x.2007 , leg. W. Mey ;” “Bachtal, ca 2 km oberh. Farmhaus [ stream valley, appr. 2 km above farm house ];” “Gen. präp. [ genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 7529;” “Holotypus Acrolepiopsis lativalvata sp. n. det. R. Gaedike 2016;” ZMHB . Derivatio nominis : Named after the broad apical part of the valvae. Diagnosis (Fig. 3): Wingspan 10 mm . Head dark grey, scales with whitish tip; labial palpus with same colouration, segments apically whitish. Scape of antenna dark grey, flagellum ringed, thorax and tegulae with same colouration as head. Forewing with dark grey scales, apically white; at 1/3 on dorsum wedge-shaped white patch, characteristic for the genus, reaching the cell, white are also four thin stripes on costa between 2/3 and apex, the area around the stripes overlaid with white scales. The fringe basally with some minute white dots; fringe with two dark scale-lines. One dark grey-brown patch on costa between 1/2 and the first stripe, another patch on dorsum lateral of the wedge-shaped patch. Hindwing grey. Male genitalia ( Figs 14–16 ): Vinculum laterally narrow, ventrally triangular with a long narrow saccus with rounded tip; valva basally rounded, with long bristles, first third narrowest, the apical part broader, apically truncated with rounded angles; phallus slightly curved, basally broad rounded, narrower towards apex, as long as the entire genitalia apparatus. Female genitalia : Unknown. Remarks : Superficially characterized by scales with white tips and the pattern on apical third of forewing. The broad valvae distinguish the species from the other taxa in this genus.