Review of Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of the Philippine Islands, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
Author
Byun, Bong-Kyu
text
Zootaxa
2007
1449
57
64
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.176219
0df41ecd-72e6-41bd-9a5a-a414cd23d3b9
1175-5326
176219
1.
Homaloxestis aganacma
Diakonoff, 1968
Homaloxestis aganacma
Diakonoff, 1968
: 129
.
Type
locality (TL): Luzon,
Philippines
.
Type
in USNM.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan
13 mm
. This species was described from a single female from Luzon. The female genitalia are similar to those of
H. luzonensis
but can be distinguished from the latter by the elongate, rhomboid signum.
Female genitalia
. See
Diakonoff (1968: fig. 188)
; antrum cup-shaped, broader distally, weakly sclerotized. Signum rhomboid, elongate, uniformly spinulate on surface.
Material examined.
1Ψ (
holotype
), Luzon, Mt. Makiling (
Baker
), gen. prep. no. USNM-89993.
Type
in
USNM
.
Distribution.
Philippines
(Luzon).
Remarks.
No additional specimens of
H. aganacma
Diakonoff
have been recorded, despite the fact that many specimens were collected in the vicinity of its
type
locality.