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.