Nemophora agassizi Kozlov

Kozlov, Mikhail V., 2016, A taxonomic revision of the kalshoveni species-group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera, Adelidae), with descriptions of six new species from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4189 (3), pp. 559-570 : 566-567

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D3C2ED63-FF05-442F-8425-3960050DDA18
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6088826
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7E700-FF9D-FF8F-FF6D-DD0CE0CCA6AF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nemophora agassizi Kozlov
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Nemophora agassizi Kozlov , sp. nov.

( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 13 View FIGURES 10 – 17 )

Diagnosis. Similar to N. kalshoveni and N. humerella , from which it differs by monotonous silver grey basal quarter of forewing (basal half of forewing in N. kalshoveni and N. humerella is scattered with both dark brown and white or yellow scales). From N. toxopeusi differs by monotonously brown labial palpus (apical segment of labial palpus in N. toxopeusi is white), as well as by yellow oblique stripe in the apical part of forewing (white in N. toxopeusi ) not reaching 0.5 × forewing width (reaching at least 0.7 × forewing width in N. toxopeusi ).

Etymology. Named after David John Lawrence Agassiz, British entomologist, who collected the holotype.

Description. Male unknown.

Female ( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 12 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). FWL 5.2 mm; WLR 0.35. Vertex dark brown; frons glossy silver. PLB dark brown, short and thin, 1.2 × scape. Proboscis dark brown. Antenna 1.3 × FWL. Scape and base of flagellum dark bronze; basal 8–10 segments and then segments 35–50 thickened by raised black scales, which form characteristic brush at about 0.55–0.85 × FWL; flagellar segments 12 to 30 with white rings; 6–8 flagellar segments following a brush are white, then colour of flagellum abruptly changes to dark brown. Tegula and thorax brown. Forewing grey; basal quarter of forewing monotonous, silver grey; the second quarter densely suffused with both dark brown and light yellow scales (approximately in 1:1 ratio). Base of costa with small dark brown spot. Oblique stripe in the apical part of forewing straight, yellow, extremely narrow and short (not reaching 0.5 × forewing width); wing apex behind this oblique stripe dark brown, sparsely suffused with yellow scales. Wing margin between the veins R and M2 silver grey, externally bordered by dark brown scales. Fringe brown. Hindwing brown; costal area light brown; fringe light brown apically to light grey basally. Legs dark brown; apices of tibiae and of all tarsomers white; fore and hind tibiae medially with white spots; base of the first tarsomer white. Epiphysis at 0.6, very short, not reaching tip of tibia. Abdomen light brown; distal margins of IV–VI sternites with rows of white scales.

Distribution ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ). Papua New Guinea (Enga).