The Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Bhutan Author Groenen, Frans Author Wangdi, Karma text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-23 4658 3 526 540 journal article 25923 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.5 d922f25d-1252-4379-8e0f-39124631c5d8 1175-5326 3376104 664EEF6E-ABD3-4DFB-B0B8-12AC082FE0E0 Metendothenia brunnofasciana , sp. nov. Fig. 24 , 67 Holotype . ♀ , Bhutan , Chhukha , Gedu , 26 º55´14´´N 89º31´17´´E , 2030 m , 5.viii.2016 , sta. 8, C. Gielis , genitalia slide FG3324 ( NBCS ). Diagnosis . Metendothenia brunnofasciana is superficially very different from M. epsilona , with a forewing pattern that features a whitish basal region and a darker apical region, divided by a brown band. Description . Male unknown. Female. Head ( Fig. 24 ): Black with white tipped scales; length of labial palpus ca. 2 times diameter of compound eye, white laterally, distal part of second and third segment grey, shining purple reflection in front view. Thorax: Notum and tegulae black mixed with a few white scales. Forewing length 5 mm ; forewing broadly subtriangular, costa genly arched, apex blunt, termen convex, dorsum straight. Ground colour white, with black scales and dots in basal half, a transverse brown band from costa to dorsum just before middle of wing, apical part of wing irregular coloured black, mixed with shiny brown and lead-grey scales and lines. Fringe black, paler a tornus. Hindwing rounded apically, shiny black brown, paler in basal region, fringe white with a black subbasal line. Abdomen: Genitalia ( Fig. 67 ) with papillae anales moderate, apophyses of equal length; sterigma urn-shaped, sternite 7 square, hind margin concave, somewhat crenelated; lamella antevaginalis spinulose, lateral, with small, sclerotized ridges, ostium with rectangular sclerotization, broader than ductus bursae; ductus bursae slender, colliculum about 1/3 length of ductus; corpus bursae ovoid, membranous and spiculated, signum a strongly scobinate plate. Distribution . Bhutan . Etymology. The name brunnofasciana refers to the transverse brown band of the forewing.