Homaloxestis subpallida Meyrick, 1937

Park, Kyu-Tek, 2018, Three new genera and ten new species of the subfamily Lecithocerinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Cameroon, Africa, based on material collected in 1913 - 18, Zootaxa 4415 (3), pp. 561-579 : 563

Homaloxestis subpallida Meyrick, 1937

( Figs. 2 , 6, 6a–b )

Homaloxestis subpallida Meyrick, 1937: 76 ; Clarke, 1965: 95. TL: Cameroon.

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 2 ). Wingspan 16 mm. The male genitalia of H. subpallida are similar to those of the next new species, H. rawlinsi sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the shape of the valva and the phallus, as noted under H. rawlinsi . Male genitalia are given in the figures 6, 6a, and 6b.

Material examined. 1♂, Cameroon, Efulen, H.L. Weber, CM Acc. 5781; Feb. 5 1918, gen . slide no. CIS- 6861; 1♀, same locality, Acc. 4938, Apr. 1913 .

Distribution. Cameroon.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Adults and venation of Homaloxestis: 1, H.cholopis (Meyrick), with its label; 2, H. subpallida Meyrick, with its label; 3, H. rawlinsi sp. nov., holotype, with its label; 4, venation of H.rawlinsi, paratype.

FIGURES 5–7. Male genitalia of Homaloxestis: 5, H. cholopis (Meyrick); 5a, ditto, phallus; 5b, ditto, abdominal segments VII–VIII; 6, H. subpallida Meyrick; 6a, ditto, phallus; 6b, ditto, abdominal segments VII–VIII; 7, H. rawlinsi sp. nov.; 7a, ditto, phallus; 7b, ditto, abdominal segments VII–VIII.