Acrolepia peruana, Gaedike, 2016

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2016, New and poorly known Acrolepiinae from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 257-264 : 260-261

Acrolepia peruana spec. nov.

Holotype ♂, “ PERU, Dept. Huánaco 15: 25 km NE Huánaco, Cordillera Carpish, Pattytrail 2600 m, 8.– 10.ii.1987, O. Karsholt leg., Zool. Mus. Copenhagen;” “Gen. präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 3787;” “Holotypus ♂ Acrolepia peruana sp. n. det. R. Gaedike 2016;” ZMUC.

Derivatio nominis: Named after the country in which the type was collected.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 6 ): Wingspan 13 mm. Head basally, from neck to insertion of antennae, creamy, apically white; labial palpus long, curved upwards, on outside brown, segments apically lighter, on inside light creamy. Scape of antenna brown, on upper side light creamy, flagellum ringed; thorax and tegulae basally brown, apically light creamy. Forewing dark brown, mixed with light brown, without clear pattern, only on costa some short light brown stripes. On dorsum two white patches: at 1/3 a large wedge-shaped patch, a smaller square patch after 1/2; apex pale, almost white; the last fourth of forewing with some minute white dots. Hindwing light grey.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 23 ): Anellus band-shaped, vinculum laterally broadly band-shaped, ventrally triangular, saccus stout, with rounded tip; valva with bristled, rounded basal part and slightly curved dorsal arm, tip rounded, with numerous strongly sclerotized pointed thorns; phallus as long as entire genital, slightly curved, basally rounded.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Remarks: Superficially characterized by the two white patches on dorsum of forewing, and in the genitalia characterized by valvae with the strongly sclerotized apical thorns.

Figures

Fig. 5: Acrolepiopsis fibigeri. Fig. 6: Acrolepia peruana.

Figs 17–23: Acrolepiopsis juratae (male: 17 – uncus-tegu- men-vinculum-saccus, valvae; 18 – phallus), Acrolepiopsis jaspidata (female: 19), Acrolepiopsis fibigeri (male: 20 – genital apparatus, one valva and phallus removed; 21 – left valva; 22 – phallus), Acrolepia peruana (male 23: left valva removed).