Sumangala badia Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 184

Sumangala badia Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.1 times longer than wide, about 4.0 mm long. Colour stramineous; mesonotum, pronotum, facial carinae, frons, fore femora, and fore- and middle tibiae dark reddish brown. Forewings clouded in middle, along apical cross-veins and apical margin, two light marks at R-Rs1 and M-Ms4 forks, veins stramineous to light brown. Hindwings colourless. Rostrum not reaching post trochanter. Forewings with bases of Cu and Ms1 touching but not merging; near the hindmargin, at the point where the cross-vein from Cu meets Cu1, another vein originates running towards, but not quite reaching the hind margin. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles widening towards end, which is truncated; proximal dorsal process short; distal dorsal process elongated, widening towards tip. Aedeagus with apical part short, ending in two short lobes, the right one flatter.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (badius, -a, -um = chestnut-coloured).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.0 mm), EAST MALAYSIA; labels: 1) B.N. BORNEO / Mt. Kinabalu/ Kamborangah/ 7000 ft / Mar: 30th, 1929 2) Ex F.M.S./ Museum/ B.M. 1955-354 3) Levu 4) Levu / sufflava/ Muir/ det./ R.G. Fennah ( BMNH).

Distribution. Borneo (Sabah).

Diagnosis. Sumangala badia shows similarities to Su. delicatula Distant from Sri Lanka, but can be distinguished by the dark reddish brown colour of the mesonotum, pronotum, head and legs.