Saccharodite punctata Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 135

Saccharodite punctata Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 1.9 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.5 mm. Colour stramineous; a greyish brown mark above eyes; around antennae and on thoracic pleura orange. Forewings lightly powdered; faintly infuscated at clavus tip, around middle of Cu1 and apex of Cu, at base of Ms1, around base of Ms2 and Sc+R fork, along apical crossveins, and in patches along costal and apical margins; veins stramineous without orange sections; 4 dark spots on base of Sc+R; in apical half of forewings 2 spots on Sc, 4 on R, 1 on Rs1, 4 on M, 1 on Ms4, and 2 spots on Ms2, some of these faint. In profile head elongated, junction of vertex and face rounded; subantennal processes well separated from margin of facial carinae; rostrum slightly surpassing post trochanter. Forewings with Sc+R fork at middle of wing; basal median cell slightly broader than basal cell between Sc+R and M; a triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles oval; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process long. Apical part of aedeagus short, on the left side extending into a rounded, terminal lobe.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (punctatus, -a, -um = dotted).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.5 mm), PAPUA NEW GUINEA; labels: 1) New Guinea: NE/ W. Highlands: Korn / Farm , 1560 m / Oct. 19, 1958 2) J.L. Gressitt ( BPBM).

Distribution. New Guinea.

Diagnosis. Saccharodite punctata is characterized by its elongated head profile, the greyish brown mark above the eyes, the orange marks around the antennae and on the thoracic pleura, as well as the dark spots on the apical forewing veins.