Edosa albicapitella, Gaedike, 2014

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2014, On the Tineidae of the Southern Arabian Peninsula and Sudan (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 64 (2), pp. 193-219 : 198

Edosa albicapitella sp. n.

Holotype: , “ Yemen, prov. Shabwah Abdalla Garib Plateau , 63 km NW Mukalla, 2.v. 1999, 1335 m, leg. M. Fibiger et al.;” “Coll. ZMUC, Copenhagen Denmark;” “Gen.präp.[genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 6065;” “ Holotypus , Edosa albicapitella sp. n., det. R. Gaedike 2013;” ZMUC.

Derivatio nominis: Name refers to the coloration of the head brush.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 10 ): Wingspan 9 mm; head brush white; antennae pale creamy; labial palpi short, with grey-brown scales; thorax and tegulae grey-brown, edge of abdomen paler; forewings yellowish-creamy, without any pattern; hindwings shiny light grey.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 41 ): The two lobes of uncus contorted in the middle, with pointed tip; vinculum broad bandshaped; valvae with long truncated apodemes, square, ventral edge in the second third narrow, bristled, fingerlike, above, at apical edge, with thin pointed process; phallus fused with vinculum, more or less parallel-sided, apically truncated.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Remarks: Superficially similar to preceding species, but with white head brush; in male genitalia the species is distinguishable by the contorted uncus lobes and the shape of valvae.

Figures

Fig. 10: Edosa albicapitella.

Figs 40-45. 40: Edosa pareffulgens, ; 41: Edosa albicapitella, ; 42: Edosa furcata, ; 43-45: Hyperbola lehmanni,  (43 - Uncustegumen-complex and phallus; 44 - valva); 45: .