Orbamia obliqua parva Hausmann & Tujuba subsp. nov. Figures 8, 26, 44, 62

Examined material.

Holotype: ♂, South Africa, Limpopo, Melkrivier Lapalala, Wilderness Kolobe camp, 1220 m -23.9094/28.2736, 13.xi.2017, leg. A. Hausmann, coll. Ditsong Museum, Pretoria, gen. prp. ZSM G 20933.

Paratypes: 6♂, South Africa, Limpopo, Melkrivier Lapalala, Wilderness, Kolobe camp, 1220 m -23.9094/28.2736, 13.xi.2017, leg. A. Hausmann; 2♂, RSA, Northwest prov. 7.5 km North Zeerust, 1180 m (lux), 25°27'S, 26°05'E, 17.II.2006, leg. Hacker (ZSM G 20949); 1♂, South Africa, Gauteng, Mogale’s Gate Biodiversity Centre, near Bush Camp, -25.938, 27.639, 1420 m, 14.ii.2012, leg. P. Hebert, J. deWaard, coll. University of Guelph (Canada), Centre for Biodiversity Genomics.

Etymology.

The name refers to the small size of this subspecies (Lat. parvus, -a, -um = small), being much smaller than the sympatric O. octomaculata .

Differential features

(COI sequences, photographs of adults and their genitalia see https://dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-ORBAMIA): Adult: Forewing length: 9-11 mm. Upperside of wings: Ground colour pale grey, darker in the terminal area, pattern dark grey. Underside: Ground colour whitish beige, orange between veins, on forewing apex a sharp black spot, dark colouration on the hindwing terminal area restricted to a small stripe or shadow in the apex. Male genitalia: Uncus comparatively short, stout, hook-shaped, saccus projection shallow, valva straight, narrow at tip, dorsal process with a stout hook at tip, cornutus of medium length (1.6-1.9 mm). Female genitalia unknown.