Scythris neurogramma Walsingham, 1900

Nupponen, Kari & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2013, Recent records of scythridids from the islands of Socotra and Maldives in the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae), Zootaxa 3626 (2), pp. 288-294 : 290

Scythris neurogramma Walsingham, 1900

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E Socotra, Dishaall loc., 16.I.2010, 49 3, 6 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg.

N Socotra, Haghier Mts, Ayhft valley, 20.III.2009, 2 3, A. Saldaitis leg.

N Socotra, near Hadibu, 21.III.2009, 2 3, 1 Ƥ, 11.I.2010, A. Saldaitis leg.

C Socotra, top of Diksam valley, 22.III.2009, 1 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg.

N Socotra, Wadi Kam, 13.I.2010, 18 3, 4 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg.

C Socotra, Wadi Diksam, 14.I.2010, 15 3, 11 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg.

NE Socotra, N side of Wadi Difarroha, 19.I.2010, 15 3, 4 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg.

S Socotra, S side of Wadi Difarroha, 15.I.2010, 6 3, 2 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg.

N Socotra, Qadab loc., 25.III.2009, 7 3, 1 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg. (Slide No. 4/ 23.I.2010 (Ƥ)). One genitalia preparation preserved in glycerol.

N Socotra, S from Di Hamri, Rocap loc., 26.III.2009, 7 3, 1 Ƥ, A. Saldaitis leg. (Slide No. 2/ 23.I.2010 (Ƥ))

Socotra, Di Hamri loc., 20.-21. XI.2008, 10 3, R. Saldaitiene & A. Saldaitis leg.

W Socotra, Shuab, coast line, mangroves, 22.–26. XI.2010, 4 3, 1 Ƥ, M. Butkevicius leg.

Distribution. Endemic to Socotra.

Remark. The species appears to be widely distributed and rather common on its home island. The adult is illustrated in Fig. 8 and the male genitalia in Bengtsson (2002). The female genitalia will be described in the review of Afrotropical Scythrididae (Bengtsson, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Scythris ssp., imagos and genitalia.