Nemophora satrapodes ( Meyrick, 1894 )

Kozlov, Mikhail V., 2024, Fairy moths of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798 (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, Zootaxa 5423 (1), pp. 1-66 : 26-28

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Nemophora satrapodes ( Meyrick, 1894) View in CoL

( Figs. 26 View FIGURES 25–32 , 73 View FIGURES 63–88 )

Adela satrapodes View in CoL : Meyrick 1894: 26. Lectotype ♀ (here designated): Myanmar, Nyaungshwe (20° 35' N, 96° 57' E); labelled: 8 mm circle with violet border, print ‘ Lecto- │ type’; 5 × 10 mm, black ink ‘Fort Stedman │ Burma │ NM[anders]. 6.[18]88’; 13 × 14 mm, black ink + print ‘ Nemotois │ satrapodes │ 1/3 Meyr. │ E. Meyrick det. │ in Meyrick Coll.’; 6 × 13 mm, print ‘Meyrick Coll. │ B. M. 1938-290’; 8 × 20 mm, print ‘ LECTOTYPE ♀ │ Nemotois View in CoL satra- │ podes Meyrick, 1894 │ teste M. Kozlov 2005’ (NHM) [examined]. Paralectotype. 1 ♀, labelled: 8 mm circle with blue border, print ‘ Para- │ lecto- │ type’; 5 × 10 mm, black ink ‘Fort Stedman │ Burma │ NM[anders]..[18]88’; 13 × 14 mm, black ink + print ‘ Nemotois │ satrapodes │ 2/3 Meyr. │ E. Meyrick det. │ in Meyrick Coll.’; 6 × 13 mm, print ‘Meyrick Coll. │ B. M. 1938-290’; 8 × 20 mm, print ‘ PARALECTOTYPE ♀ │ Nemotois View in CoL satra- │ podes Meyrick, 1894 │ teste M. Kozlov 2005’ (NHM) [examined].

Nemotois satrapodes : Meyrick 1912a: 6, 1912b: 8; Clarke 1955: 277.

Nemophora satrapodes View in CoL : Robinson et al. 1995: 162; Kozlov 2023: 43–44, 52.

Diagnosis. Nemophora satrapodes externally is most similar to N. nitidulella Kozlov, 2023 , from which it differs by the glossy indigo blue frons, absence of an internal silver-grey band in forewing fascia and presence of large yellow spot at the costal margin of hindwing. In the study region, three more species ( N. punctifasciella , N. thailandensis and N. caerulea Liao, Hirowatari & Huang in Liao et al., 2023) share glossy indigo blue forewings with N. satrapodes . From the first of these species N. satrapodes differs by the absence of small ochreous spot at the external margin of forewing fascia; from the second species it differs by the absence of internal silver-grey band in forewing fascia, larger size and wider forewing; and from the third species it differs by the glossy indigo blue frons.

Description. Male unknown.

Female ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 25–32 ). FWL 7.0– 7.2 mm; WLR 0.38–0.40. Vertex pale yellow; frons glossy indigo blue. PLB short, brown. Scape and basal part of flagellum dark brown; base of flagellum covered with raised scales. Tegulae and thorax glossy indigo blue. Forewing ( Fig. 73 View FIGURES 63–88 ) glossy indigo blue. Bright ochreous yellow band of forewing fascia at costa is wider than at dorsum (0.23 vs. 0.17 × FWL, respectively); its proximal margin reaches costa at 0.3 × FWL. On both sides this ochreous yellow band is bordered by narrow dark brown lines; the external line (but not the internal one) is followed by weakly expressed narrow silver-grey band. Fringe dark brown, with blue iridescence. Hindwing dark brown; costal area grey; medial spot light yellow, wide between costal margin and M stem, but very narrow between M stem and CuP vein; fringe dark brown. Legs ochreous brown; tips of tibiae and of tarsomeres 2–5 dark coppery brown. Epiphysis at 0.4, not reaching apex of tibia. Abdomen ventrally brown, with light ochreous brown distal margins of sternites IV–VII; dorsolaterally light ochreous brown.

Distribution. Nepal ( Robinson et al. 1995; questionable record), Myanmar ( Meyrick 1894).

Comments. The original description of N. satrapodes is based on two specimens from Myanmar, and both of these specimens are damaged to such extent that several characters could not be investigated. However, the collection of E. Meyrick (kept in NHM) contained three specimens identified as N. satrapodes , two from Myanmar and one from India. Previously, I demonstrated that the specimen from India actually belongs to another species, N. nitidulella Kozlov, 2023 . Therefore, the record of N. satrapodes from India ( Meyrick 1912a, b) is likely based on a misidentification. I failed to discover the specimen on which the record from Nepal ( Robinson et al. 1995) is based in the NHM collection. I consider the latter record problematic, because it may also refer to N. nitidulella , which occurs in Nepal ( Kozlov 2023).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Adelidae
Genus	Nemophora