Istrianis epacria ( Bradley, 1965 ) Bidzilya, 2021

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 511

Istrianis epacria ( Bradley, 1965) comb. nov.

Figs 26–28 , 31, 32, 35 , 38, 39

Aristotelia epacria Bradley, 1965: 98 , figs 25, 115–119. TL: Uganda, Ruwenzori, Lake Mahoma.

Material examined. 1♂, Kenya, Eastern , Rutundu Track, 3040 m, 0°1’9’’N 37°25’13”E, e.l. Erica arborea , 1.xi, em. 8.x.2013 (Agassiz & Larsen) (gen. slide 1443, O. Bidzilya) ; 1♀, same data but em. 19.xii.2013 (gen. slide 1444, O. Bidzilya) (all DA) .

Biology. The larvae were observed feeding on Erica arborea (Ericaceae) in November. Adults emerged 8.xii and 19.xii.

Distribution. Uganda, Kenya (new record).

Figures

FIGURES 23–28. Istrianis spp., adults. 23–25. I. inquilinus sp. nov. 23. Holotype. 24. Paratype, male (gen. slide 163/19, O. Bidzilya). 25. Paratype, female (gen. slide 152/19, O. Bidzilya). 26–28. I. epacria. 26. Holotype. 27. Kenya, male (gen. slide 1443, O. Bidzilya). 28. Kenya, female (gen. slide 1444, O. Bidzilya).

FIGURES 29–35. Istrianis spp. 29–32. Male genitalia. 29, 30. I. inquilinus sp. nov. 29. Holotype. 30. Paratype (gen. slide 39/15, O. Bidzilya). 31, 32. I. epacria. 31. Holotype (gen. slide 8717, NHM). 32. Kenya (gen. slide 1443, O. Bidzilya). 33–35. Male abdominal segments. 33, 34. I. inquilinus sp. nov. 33. Terga VIII, holotype. 34. Segment VIII, paratype (gen. slide 39/15, O. Bidzilya). 35. I. epacria, segment VIII, Kenya (gen. slide 1443, O. Bidzilya).

FIGURES 36–39. Istrianis spp., female genitalia. 36, 37. I. inquilinus sp. nov. 36. Paratype (gen. slide 152/19, O. Bidzilya). 37. Paratype (gen. slide 43/15, O. Bidzilya). 38, 39. I. epacria. 38. Paratype (gen. slide 9616, NHM). 39. Kenya (gen. slide 1444, O. Bidzilya).