Multiquaestia fibigeri Aarvik & Karisch

Aarvik, Leif & Karisch, Timm, 2009, Revision of Multiquaestia Karisch (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Grapholitini), Zootaxa 2026, pp. 18-32 : 31

Multiquaestia fibigeri Aarvik & Karisch , new species

( Figs. 15 , 33, 34, 35 )

Type material. Holotype, 3, TANZANIA, Mbeya Reg., Mbeya Distr., Mbeya Range, Ipinda 2425 m, 28.xi.2005, leg. L. Aarvik, M. Fibiger, A. Kingston, genitalia slide 2744 L. Aarvik ( NHMO).

Description. Adult ( Fig. 15 ). Wingspan 17.0 mm. Head: White. Antenna black, scape white. Labial palpus 2 times diameter of eye, brownish black, dorsal edge white; brush, triangular in lateral view due to scaling of second segment. Thorax white, tegulae white. Legs fuscous, tarsi with paler rings. Forewing upperside blackish brown; terminal 1/3 with less black suffusion; on dorsum two white triangular marks, broadly interconnected along dorsum; costal strigulae indicated by white scales, the most distal indicated as a distinct white dot. Cilia fuscous, from below apex to middle of termen white-tipped, also at tornus. Hind wing upperside fuscous; ochreous hair-pencil from base of hind margin to scale cover on dorsum of abdomen. Abdomen: Grey; yellowish and large dorsal scales concealing scale brush; anal tuft grey. Male genitalia ( Figs. 33, 34 ) of single specimen not fully developed, stuck inside abdomen, valvae not developed normally; tegumen narrow, band-like; juxta-anellus long; aedeagus ( Fig. 35 ) narrowest in middle, bent, with two rows of 21+18 cornuti of different size, 22 carinae.

Diagnosis. M. fibigeri lacks the light distal area in the forewing upperside characteristic of all other congeners, with a forewing pattern more like species of Dracontogena Diakonoff. However , the characteristic hair-pencil attached to the hind wing provides evidence that it should be assigned to Multiquaestia .

Distribution. Tanzania.

Etymology. The species is named after Michael Fibiger, who participated in the collecting trip during which three of the new species described in the present work were discovered.

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 17. Adults of Multiquaestia. 15. M. fibigeri n. sp. Holotype. 16. Multiquaestia sp. 1. 17. Multiquaestia sp. 2. Scale 10 mm.

FIGURES 29 – 35. Male genitalia of Multiquaestia. 29. M. iringana n. sp. 30. M. iringana n. sp. aedeagus. 31. M. andersi n. sp. 32. M. andersi n. sp. aedeagus. 33. M. fibigeri n. sp. 34. M. fibigeri n. sp. uncus and tegumen. 35. M. fibigeri n. sp. aedeagus.