Stroehleia Yakovlev, 2021

Yakovlev, R. V., 2021, New genus of Cossinae (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from the Republic of South Africa, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (2), pp. 175-177 : 176

Stroehleia Yakovlev gen.n.

Type species (by original designation) Stroehleia timi Yakovlev sp.n.

DESCRIPTION. Size medium.Antennae very short (about 1/5 of fore wing in length), bipectinate, crest processes twice longer than antenna rod diameter. Patagia light-grey. Fore wing relatively narrow, apically acute. Fore wing grey with undulated pattern typical for the subfamily, with thin dark wavy stripes. Hind wing grey with poorly expressed thin reticulated dark-grey pattern.

Male genitalia. Uncus long, gradually narrowing from base to apex, apex semicircular; gnathos arms thick, short; gnathos robust, densely covered with tiny spikes; valve relatively narrow, costal and abdominal edges almost smooth and parallel, distal part of valve membranous, apex semicircular, on costal edge (on border between medium and distal third) small crest with tiny denticles and sclerotized fold on proximal border of membranous zone; obliquely positioned lamellar harpe with serrated edge in medium third of valve; transtilla processes uncinately curved, basally thick, apically acute; juxta small with robust crescent lateral processes; saccus robust semicircular; phallus shorter than valve, thin, strongly curved on border between basal and medium thirds, phallus apically obliquely cut, acute, vesica aperture in dorso-apical position, vesica without cornuti.

Female unknown.

DIAGNOSIS. In the structure of the antenna (short, bipectinate, with short crest processes) resembles to the representatives of Camellocossus Yakovlev, 2011 , Brachylia Fletcher, 1874 and Coryphodema Felder, 1874 . The new genus has an apomorphic feature: the lamellar harpe in the medium third on the inner surface of the valve, which clearly distinguishes it from all the known Cossinae genera.

COMPOSITION. Monotypic genus.

ETYMOLOGY. The genus is named after Manfred Ströhle (Weiden, Germany) — enthusiast and traveller, a prominent German collector of Lepidoptera , who collected the moths of the new genus.