Levu nocturnus Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 48

Levu nocturnus Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.0 times longer than wide, length in male 3.8–4.2 mm. Colour light brown; apical portion of abdomen of male (except genitalia) bright red. Forewings powdered; most parts uniformly infuscated; slightly darker marks around M-Ms4 and R-Rs1 forks; lighter near apical margin; a clear area around apices of Ms1a, Ms2, Ms3 and Ms4; veins orange-brown. Hindwings uniformly infuscated, veins orange-brown. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae; subantennal processes connected to margins of facial carinae. Forewings with Sc+R fork just before middle of wing; Ms1 branched just distad of apex of basal median cell, a triangle at base of Ms1. Male genital styles broadening towards end which is truncate; proximal dorsal process short, distal dorsal process elongated, both well separated. Aedeagus with apical portion spatulate; on the right side two elongated, dorsal lobes.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( nocturnus , -a, -um = nocturnal).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 4.2 mm), VANUATU ISL.; labels: 1 ) NEW HEBRIDES / ESPIRITU SANTO I./ ( SW): Above / Namatasopa, 400 m. / Aug. 31, 1957 2) J.L. Gressitt / Collector ( BPBM) . Paratypes. same data as holotype 3 ♂ (fw. 3x3.8) ( BPBM) .

Distribution. Vanuatu Islands.

Diagnosis. Levu nocturnus shows some similarities to L. kraussi sp. nov. from Tonga in colour and forewing venation. It can be separated from that species by its larger size and by the light mark on the apical margin of the forewings between the tips of Ms1 to Ms4.