Synechodes andamanensis Kallies, 2004

Kallies, Axel, 2013, New and little known Brachodidae from tropical Asia and Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea), Zootaxa 3641 (3), pp. 241-259 : 246

Synechodes andamanensis Kallies, 2004

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Material. 13 [ India] “Andamans. Jan. 1904. G. Rogers. 1903-349.” (BMNH).

This species was described from a single female from the Andaman Islands (Kallies 2004). Recently, a male ( Fig. 3 ) was found in the unsorted material of the BMNH. It bears the same label data as the holotype, and it can be assumed that both were collected together. The male differs from the female by its reduced yellow markings on the fore- and hindwings, i.e. the yellow discal spot of the forewings is narrow and small (round and large in the female), the yellow spot near the posterior margin of the forewing is missing (present in the female), and the yellow subbasal area of the hindwing is smaller and divided by a black streak (large and undivided in the female). The antennae are serrate and short-ciliate. Unfortunately, the abdomen of this specimen is missing; thus, the male genitalia remain unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Brachodinae. Adults. 1. Synechodes polias sp. nov., male, holotype, Sulawesi (Indonesia), alar expanse 19.5 mm (BMNH). 2. Synechodes tamila sp. nov., male, holotype, India, alar expanse 23.5 mm (BMNH). Fig. 3. Synechodes andamanensis Kallies, 2004, male, Andaman Isl (India), alar expanse 15.5 mm (BMNH). 4. Saccocera orpheus (Kallies, 2004), holotype, male, Java (Indonesia), alar expanse 16.5 mm (RMNH). 5. S. orpheus, paratype, female, Java (Indonesia), alar expanse 24.0 mm (RMNH). 6. Saccocera panaras sp. nov., female, holotype, Papua New Guinea, alar expanse 22.5 mm (BMNH). 7. Saccocera miangkabau sp. nov., female, Sumatra (Indonesia), alar expanse 27.0 mm (CAK). 8. Miscera minahasa sp. nov., female, holotype, Sulawesi (Indonesia), alar expanse 13.8 mm (ANIC).

FIGURES 11 – 14. Brachodinae. Male and female genitalia. 11 – 12. Saccocera orpheus (Kallies, 2004). 11. male, holotype, Gen. prep. AK 238 (arrow indicates gnathos) (RMNH). 12. female, paratype, Gen. prep. AK 40 (arrow indicates position of pouch-like structure at the ovipositior) (RMNH). 13. Synechodes agrippina (Meyrick, 1930), male, Gen. prep. AK 129 / BM 29206 (arrow indicates gnathos) (BMNH). 14. Synechodes andamanensis Kallies, 2004, paratype, Gen. prep. AK 147 / BM 29208 (arrow indicates ovipositior without pouch-like structure) (BMNH).