Stroehleia timi 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 : 176-177

Stroehleia timi Yakovlev sp.n.

Figs 1–2 .

MATERIAL. Holotype, male, South Africa, Limpopo Prov. , Makopane, Shikwaru Lodge, 24°13´51.4´´S / 028°54´21.9´´E, 1395 m, 25–28.xi.2012, leg. Ströhle; slide MSW 2015/22 Coss (deposit- ed in M. Ströhle collection in Weiden, Germany). Paratype: 1 male, same locality and data (M. Ströhle collection in Weiden, Germany) .

DESCRIPTION. Male. Length of fore wing 17 mm. 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 thin transverse undulated bands and thin

2

reticulated dark-grey pattern; poorly expressed ocher spot at top of discal cell; fringe mottled (black at veins, light-grey between veins). Hind wing grey with poorly expressed thin reticulated dark-grey pattern; anal area almost without pattern; fringe mottled (dark at veins, light-grey between veins).

Male genitalia. See the genus description.

Female unknown.

DISTRIBUTION. Republic of South Africa (Limpopo Province, Waterberg Mts.)

ETYMOLOGY. The new species is named after Tim Ströhle (Weiden, Germany) the son of the new species collector.

Figures

Figs 1–2. Stroehleia timi Yakovlev sp.n., holotype: 1 — habitus; 2 — male genitalia. Рис. 1–2. Stroehleia timi Yakovlev sp.n., голотип: 1 — внеШний вид; 2 — гениталии самца.