Infurcitinea corleyi, Gaedike, 2011

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2011, New and poorly known Tineidae from the Western Palaearctic (Lepidoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 61 (2), pp. 357-370 : 362

Infurcitinea corleyi sp. n.

Material:

Holotype , “ Portugal, Montesinho , Trás-os-Montes, 9.vii.2009, leg. M. F. V. CORLEY;” “Gen. präp. [genitalia slide] GAEDIKE Nr. 7382;” “ Holotypus  Infurcitinea corleyicorleyi sp. n., det. R. GAEDIKE 2011;” SDEI . - Paratypes: 1 , same dates, genitalia slide CORLEYCORLEY No. 3348; coll. CORLEY; 1 , “ Portugal, Lama Grande, Montesinho, Trás-os-Montes, 10.vii.2009, leg. M. F. V. CORLEY;” genitalia slide CORLEYCORLEY No. 3283; coll. CORLEY; 1 specimen without abdomen, “ Portugal, Poco do Inferno , Serra da Estrela, 12.vii.2009, leg. M. F. V. CORLEY; coll. CORLEY .

Description ( Fig. 4 ):

Wingspan 8 mm; head brush clay-brown, somewhat reddish, the area above palpi up to insertion of antennae lighter than the area above neck; antenna dark grey-brown; labial palpi inside whitish, outside dark grey-brown, second segment bristled; thorax and tegulae dark greybrown; forewing dark grey-brown with pattern of some whitish patches and stripes. Whitish are patches on dorsum at 1/3, reaching cell and on beginn of fringe, a short stripe on costa at 1/2 and a small hook-shaped stripe on costa before apex, fringe with dark scale-line; hindwing grey.

Male genitaliagenitalia ( Figs 14-16 ): Uncus narrow, tegumen lateral cloth-shaped enlarged, ventral very narrow, edged; valva basally rounded, basal edge stronger sclerotized, costal arm after 1/2 narrowed, the oval tip with numerous strong bristles; the two valvae ventrally connected with a hyaline skin with a field of very long bristles, phallus as long as valva, basally broad, rounded, bent to tip with two small spines.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Etymology: Named after my collegue Martin F. V. CORLEY, the collector of the type series.

Remarks:

Superficially similar to I. ignicomella , but the shape of genitalia distinguishes it clear.

Figures

Fig. 4: Infurcitinea corleyi.

Figs 14-16: Infurcitinea corleyi, : (14 - uncus-tegu- men; 15 - valva; 16 - phallus).