Revision of Multiquaestia Karisch (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Grapholitini)
Author
Aarvik, Leif
Author
Karisch, Timm
text
Zootaxa
2009
2026
18
32
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274748
e687202a-a625-4aab-94de-312277c7e3fb
1175-5326
274748
Multiquaestia
species 1
(
Figs. 16
,
39
)
MALAWI
: 1Ƥ, Dzalanyama
1250 m
,
14o15’S
33o27’E
13.xii.2002
, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, genitalia slide 1922 T. Karisch (BMNH).
Wingspan 12.0 mm. Using the key provided below, this female keys to
M. andersi
. However,
M. andersi
has the white triangular marks of the forewing broadly interconnected along the dorsum. The genitalia (
Fig. 39
) are characterised by a funnel-shaped ostium, two sharp spines laterally near the anterior margin of sternite 7, and strongly curved signa.