Review of the Oriental genus Pompographa Gozmány (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), with description of a new species from Thailand
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-23
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4933.4.10
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Pompographa concaviella
Park
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1
A–D; 2A–C)
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Type specimen.
Holotype
: male,
Thailand
,
Nakhon Nayok
,
Khao Yai
, ca.
800 m
,
11–19 xi1985
,
Chiang Mai
, Doi Chang Khian, ca.
1,250 m
,
25 x 1985
, leg.
Moriuti
,
Saito
, &
Arita
, gen. slide no. CIS-8169
.
Paratype
: 13, same data as the holotype. Types are deposited in
OPUJ
.
Diagnosis.
This new species is hardly distinguished in its external appearance from
P. philosopha
Gozmány, 1971
, which was described from N
India
and
P. barathrona
(
Park, 2020
)
described from
Laos
. However, it can be distinguished by the yellowish-white costal patch just beyond middle of the costa. The male genitalia are also similar to those of
P. barathrona
,
but they differ from the latter by the valva having a heavily sclerotized, spine-like process on the ventral margin and the cucullus with a short spine at lower corner, whereas in
P. barbathrona
the process of valva is short, lacking the horn-shaped spine and the cucullus lacks of a short spine.
Description.
Male (
Figs. 1
A-D). Wingspan 11.5–12.0 mm.
Head
: Covered with shiny, yellowish-white scales dorsally. Scape of antenna elongated, creamy white on dorsal surface, brownish anteriorly and posteriorly; flagellum creamy-white, with distinct dark-brown annulations throughout (
Fig. 1C
). Second segment of labial palpus thickened, pale brownish gray on outer surface and paler on inner surface, with white scales at apex; 3rd segment gently upturned, slender, as long as 2nd segment, blackish ventrally creamy white laterally.
Thorax
: Tegula and thorax pale orange to orange gray. Hind tibia with rough scales beneath. Forewing ground color brownish orange, irregularly scattered with dark-brown scales; a large, irregular-shaped, blackish patch well-developed before middle, disconnected to a trapezoidal patch arising from 2/3 of costa which is followed by a yellowish costal patch; a large, kidney-shaped spot at the end of discal cell, boarded by white scales along outer margin; postmedian line white, convex outwardly before middle; apex sharply produced; termen deeply concave beyond apex, with black scales along margin; fringe brownish orange, with narrow yellowish white basal line, fuscous in its distal half; venation with R
1
arising beyond middle of cell; R
2,
R
3,
R
4,
and R
5
on a common stalk; R
2
arising from basal 1/3; R
3
arising from middle between R
2
and R
4+5
; R
5
reaching termen; M
2
present; M
3
and CuA
1
coincident; cell more or less triangular, closed. Hind wing pale brownish gray; apex sharply produced, as much as that of gelechiids; inner margin with a broad expansion before 2A; termen concave; venation with M
2
present; M
3
and CuA
1
nearly connate at base.
Abdomen
(
Fig. 2C
): Spinous zones broadly developed; sternite VIII broad, concave medially on caudal margin.
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 2A, B
): Uncus short, broad basally, narrowed beyond middle, nearly parallel-sided; apex rounded. Gnathos small. Tegumen weakly sclerotized, roundly concave on anterior margin. Valva broad at base, basal part nearly quadrate, constricted medially; costa straight in basal 1/4, sclerotized, then abruptly oblique, nearly with right angle; ventral margin with a large, spine-like process curved outwardly, followed by a deep emargination; cucullus thumb-like, rounded apically with a short spine at lower corner, dense setose; sacculus narrow, weakly developed. Juxta rectangular, concave on caudal margin, with a small, triangular median plate; lateral margin nearly straight. Vinculum narrow, banded.Aedeagus stout, as long as valva, with arched dorsal margin; bifurcated apically; dorsal margin produced into tounge-like shape and ventral process narrowly produced; cornuti consisting of a long, linear stripe extended from near base to near apex, with a heavily sclerotized, sharply produced apical part, and a broadly elongated plate with numerous strong conical spines dorsally, about 2/3 length of aedeagus.
FIGURE 1.
Pompographa concaviella
Park
,
sp. nov
.
: A, adult, holotype; B, ditto, under surface of wings, with names of veins; C, ditto, labial palpus, lateral view; D. ditto, head with antenna.
Female unknown.
Distribution.
Thailand
(
Nakhon Nayok
).
Etymology.
The species name is derived from the Latin,
concavus
(= arched inward), referring to the termen of the forewing deeply concave beyond apex.