New and poorly known Tineidae from the Western Palaearctic (Lepidoptera)
Author
Gaedike, Reinhard
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2011
2011-11-10
61
2
357
370
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1800
journal article
6445
10.21248/contrib.entomol.61.2.357-370
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Neurothaumasia tunesiella
sp. n.
Material:
Holotype
, “
Tunisia
,
Nefta area
,
1.-4.v.1988
, Zool. Mus. Copenhagen Exp.;”“Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] GAED.[IKE] Nr. 3623;” “
Holotypus
Neurothaumasia tunesiellatunesiella
sp. n.
det. R. GAEDIKE 2011;”ZMUC
. -
Paratype
: 1 , “
Tunisia
,
Nefta
,
15.ix.1982
, [leg.] DELMASTRO;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] GAED.[IKE] Nr. 2755;” Coll. BALDIZZONE
.
Description
(
Fig. 3
):
Wingspan
7-8 mm
; head brush creamy, apically darker, scales from neck to insertion of antennae and above palpi flat, shining creamy; labial palpi outside light grey-brown, inside whitish, second segment apically with some bristles; antenna as long as forewing, scapus grey-brown, flagellum shining creamy; thorax shining creamy, tegulae somewhat darker; forewing narrow, without pattern, light greyish-brown, shining, dorsum on narrow stripe creamy; hindwing shining whitish.
Male genitaliagenitalia
(
Figs 10-12
): Uncus with two socii, basally broad, to apex narrower, with oblique truncated tip; tegumen nearly allways broad, saccus thin, as long as socii; valva with long curved transtilla, parallel, with rounded apex; phallus somewhat shorter as valva, narrow, without visible cornuti.
Female genitalia:
Unknown.
Etymology:
Named after the country of
type
location.