Neurothaumasia tenuipennella sp. n.

Material:

Holotype , “Romana, Carao-Severin, MunUit, Alma, Dubova, 44°37'N 22°15'E, 150 m, 15.vii.2005, leg. B. SKULE, C. HVIID & E. VESTERHEDE;” “Coll. ZMUC, Copenhagen, DK;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] Gaedike Nr. 7100;” “Holotypus  Neurothaumasia tenuipennella sp. n. det. R. Gaedike 2011.” - Paratypes: 3  , “Hellas, Crete, Nom. Chania, 35°25'44N, 23°55'22E, Skines, 75 m, 5.-11.vi.2004, leg. B. SKULE, C. HVIID & E. VESTERHEDE;” “Coll. ZMUC, Copenhagen, DK;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] GAEDIKE Nr. 6556, 6694, 7106;” ZMUC (two specimens); SDEI (one specimen); 1 , “YU, Croazia, KRK, Skrpcici (W.L.), 4.viii.1977, leg. BALDIZZONE;”, “Bldz PG n° 13806 ;” coll. BALDIZZONE; 1 , “GREECE, Lesvos, Skala Kallonis, Malemi hotel, 19°12'33N, 26°12'13E, 11.-13.vi.2009, L. KAILA & J. KULLBERG leg.;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] GAEDIKE Nr. 7235;” FMNH; 1 , 1 specimen without abdomen, “[location unreadable], 20.5.[19]14;” ““ANASTANASTASE ALFIERI Collection 1965;” “Coll. ALFIERI Egypte;”“Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] GAEDIKE Nr. 4931;” USNM .

Description (Figs 1-2):

Wingspan 8-9 mm; head brush dark brown-grey, nearly black, apically lighter, scales from neck to insertion of antennae and above palpi flat; labial palpi outside brown-grey, inside creamy, second segment apically with some bristles; thorax and tegulae dark brown-grey; forewing narrow, dark brown-grey, females at 1/2 on dorsum and before apex with short yellowish stripe, by males the stripe before apex nearly unvisible; hindwing dark grey.

Male genitaliagenitalia (Figs 6-8): Uncus with two long socii, basally broad, narrower to truncated tip, tegumen broad, laterally the long thin saccus deep impressed; valva with long transtilla, costa straight, ventral edge convexe, valva at 1/2 broadest, narrower to rounded apex; phallus as long as valva, narrow, with some very small spines subapically.

Female genitalia (Fig. 9): Ventral branch of apophysae ends in a nearly square plate, ostium cup-shaped, apically with fine granulate sclerotization, first part of ductus bursae strong sclerotized.

Etymology: Named after the narrow forewings.