Scythris plocogastra Meyrick, 1931

Figs 23, 68

Scythris plocogastra Meyrick, 1931. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 37: 282.

Material examined.

Holotype. Paraguay • ♀; Chaco: Makthlawaiya; • GSC [G. S. Carter]; 5.27.; [genitalia slide] JFGC No. 8063; NHMUK ID 010922365; NHMUK slide ID 010316672; coll. NHMUK.

Diagnosis.

Wings rather uniform purplish-grey, speckled weakly with white, without distinguishing external features. Genitalia examination is necessary for confident determination. In the female genitalia, the candleflame-shaped sterigma is characteristic.

Description.

The original description is quoted: "Wingspan ♀ 12 mm. Head and thorax purplish-grey, irregularly mixed white. Palpi dark grey sprinkled white, base white. Abdomen blackish, thickly strewn with white hair-scales, anal segment whitish, ventral surface wholly suffused white, apex ochreous-yellow. Forewings purplish-grey speckled dark fuscous and sprinkled whitish: cilia pale grey; cilia grey."

Female genitalia. Sterigma distinct, candleflame-shaped plate; posterior apex melanised; anterior margin weakly concave. Sternum VII rectangular, 1.4 × as high as wide; posterior margin with medial incision. Apophyses anteriores 0.7 × length of apophyses posteriores.

Distribution.

Paraguay.

Remarks.

Male unknown.