Hellinsia karinupponeni Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin et Pototski, 2022

Kovtunovich, V. N., Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Pototski, A. N. & Streltzov, A. N., 2022, Two new species of the genus Hellinsia Tuff, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from South Africa, Far Eastern Entomologist 455, pp. 1-6 : 2-4

Hellinsia karinupponeni Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin et Pototski , sp. n.

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TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype – ♂ (gen. pr. No. 220301, IZBE), South Africa:

Northern Cape prov., Bokkeveld Mts., Vanrhynspas, 9 km W of Nieuwoudtville,

31°22' N, 19°01' E, h= 755m, 30.XI 2016, leg. K. Nupponen, R . Haverinen, A. Pototski ( IZBE) .

DESCRIPTION. Male. Head, thorax and tegulae with light-brown and white hairs.

Labial palpi white, thin, straight, equal to the eye diameter in length. Antennae light grey. Wingspan 17 mm. Fore wing mottled, with white longitudinal stripe medially.

Transverse elongated white spot at cleft base. Costal margin of fore wing light brown basally and medially, with alternating white and dark brown portions distally. Inner margin of first lobe white. Fringe inside cleft brown, only basally lightened with white hairs. Fringe along outer margin of wing light-brown. Hind wings and their fringe unicolorous, light-brown. Hind legs light-grey, spur bases darkened with dark brown scales. Spurs white with dark tips.

Male genitalia. Valves asymmetric. Saccular process on left valve relatively short,

reaches middle of its length, basally wide, distally narrowing, apically acute. Saccular process on right valve thin, short, located in its basal part. Sacculus narrow, reaches middle of valve in length. Uncus narrow, long, apically acute. Saccus concave,

arched. Anellus arms asymmetric, left one narrow with beak-like apex, right one very wide with bluntly rounded apex. Aedeagus slightly concave, a little shorter than valve in length, without cornuti.

Female unknown.

genitalia (gen. pr. No. 220301, IZBE).

DIAGNOSIS. In the male genitalia the new species resembles Hellinsia sphenites

(Meyrick, 1913), from which it differs in the narrow long uncus, the short saccular process on the left valve and the longer and concave aedeagus, while in H. sphenites the uncus is significantly wider, the saccular process on the left valve is long, hardly not reaching the top of the valve, and the aedeagus is short and less concave.

DISTRIBUTION. South Africa: Northern Cape.

HABITAT. This new species was collected in the mountain meadow with bushes

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ETYMOLOGY. The species is named in memory of the prominent Finnish entomologist Kari Nupponen (15.01.1962 – 02.12. 2021), the author of numerous works on Lepidoptera , a participant of the expedition to the South Africa, whose collected materials were included in this article.

Figures

Figs 1, 2. Hellinsia karinupponeni sp. n., holotype. 1 – adult male, dorsal view; 2 – male

Fig. 3. Type locality of Hellinsia karinupponeni sp. n.