Illidops albostigmalis van Achterberg & Fernandez-Triana, 2017

Fig. 6

Illidops albostigmalis van Achterberg & Fernandez-Triana, 2017: 219, pls 42–48.

Type material

Holotype

YEMEN – Lahj • ♀; Lahij; Feb. 2001; A. van Harten and A. Sallam leg.; Malaise trap; BOLD Sample ID: WAM 0210; RMNH, RMNH’02.

Other material examined

EGYPT – Qalyubia • 1 ♀; El-Obour District; 30.247° N, 31.545° E; 118 m a.s.l.; 1 Oct. 2019; S. Zalat leg.; BOLD Process ID: GMEEO138-21; CBG, BIOUG68113-A11 .

Species concept

Our species concept is based on our observations of the type material and the information in Fernandez-Triana & Achterberg (2017) → ***.

Ecology / host information

Crambidae: Prophantis sp. Two male specimens from Yemen (Hammam ‘Ali) were reared ex Prophantis sp. ( Crambidae), labelled ‘coffee berry moth’. These specimens are not included in the type series.

Distribution

AFR: United Arab Emirates, Yemen; PAL: Egypt.

Molecular data

BOLD:AAD8583.

Remarks

Thus far this species was known only from the Afrotropical region, but bordering the Palearctic.With a public record in the BIN associated with I. albostigmalis van Achterberg & Fernandez-Triana, 2017 from Egypt (accessible from https://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=GMEEO138-21) and private data from other Palearctic countries, the distribution range clearly reaches into the Palearctic region. BIN BOLD:AAD8583 also includes sequences linked to specimens from Israel, Nigeria, Pakistan, and South Africa, so the species is likely more widely distributed than currently known. However, this includes private data. This species has been reared from Prophantis sp. ( Crambidae), labeled as ‘coffee berry moth’ (Fernandez-Triana & van Achterberg 2017).