Neolithocolletis pentadesma ( Meyrick, 1919 )

Prins, Jurate De & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2012, Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 3594 (1), pp. 1-283 : 35

4. Neolithocolletis pentadesma ( Meyrick, 1919)

( Figs 24 , 149, 150 , 295 )

Lithocolletis pentadesma — Meyrick (1919: 230).

Neolithocolletis pentadesma — Kumata (1993: 8–10, Figs 3A–C , 5A, B , 33A, 35B , 43D ; 1995: 109), Sajap et al. (1996: 153–163), De Prins & De Prins (2005: 214), Gerlach & Matyot (2006: 23), Bai et al. (2009: 502).

Diagnosis. Neolithocolletis pentadesma can be easily distinguished from other species in the genus by the shallowly concave subcostal part of the cucullus. The species differs in larval characters from the type species N. hikomonticola in the presence of the ventral prolegs on the third to fifth abdominal segments instead of two pairs of ventral prolegs, one on the third and one on the fourth segment ( Kumata 1993).

Material examined. Holotype (abdomen lacking): [ Indonesia]: [1] ‘Type’; [2] ‘ Buitenzorg / Java / [e.l.] Pterocarpus indicus / [leg.] Roepke / ix.1918, 1919-10’; [3] ‘ Lithocolletis / pentadesma / Meyr.[ick] / TYPE’, in BMNH.

Paratypes: 2♂, 2♀, 1 specimen (only head and left forewing present): [Indonesia]: Java, Buitenzorg, [e.l.] Pterocarpus indicus , [leg.] Roepke, ix.1918, 1919-10, gen. prep. De Prins 3794♀, in BMNH.

Additional material: 1♀ e.l. Pterocarpus indicus leaf mines, Seychelles, Fregate island, 4.x.2002, leg. J. Gerlach, gen. prep. De Prins 3796♀, in CUMZ.

Redescription. Adult ( Figs 24 , 149, 150 , 295 ). Forewing length: 1.7–2.3 mm (see Kumata 1993: 8–10).

Host plant(s). Fabaceae : Pterocarpus indicus Willd. ( Meyrick 1919: 230; Kumata 1993: 10, 1995: 109), P. javanicus (Miq.) Kuntze ( Robinson et al. 2001: 274).

Distribution. Oriental region: Indonesia (Java) ( Meyrick 1919: 230), Malaysia (Sarawak, Selangor), Philippines (Luzon) ( Kumata 1993: 10); Afrotropical region: Seychelles (Fregate, Mahé) ( Gerlach & Matyot 2006: 23).

Note: The record of Neolithocolletis pentadesma from Hong Kong ( De Prins & De Prins 2005: 214; Robinson et al. 2011) is an unsubstantiated record ( Bai et al. 2009: 502).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Maximum-likelihood tree of Cameraria + Phyllonorycter based on 40 taxa, for the COI data set alone. African species are genetically distinct, as shown by the long internal branch lengths among taxa boxed in grey. ML bootstrap values show above branches. Scale bar = 0.08 substitutions/site.

FIGURES 21–26. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 21, Hyloconis luki, holotype ♂, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 23.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004800. 22, Neolithocolletis mayumbe, holotype ♂, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 22.iii.2006, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003293. 23, Neolithocolletis nsengai, paratype ♀, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 16.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004793. 24, Neolithocolletis pentadesma, ♀, Seychelles, Fregate island, 4.x.2002, leg. J. Gerlach, in CUMZ. 25, Cameraria hexalobina, holotype 6364♂, South Africa, Punda Maria, 12.iv.1952, leg. L. Vári, in TMSA. 26, Cameraria hexalobina, paratype 6368♂, South Africa, Punda Maria, 15.iv.1952, leg. L. Vári, in TMSA.

FIGURES 147–150. Male genitalia. Scale bar 100 µm. 147–148, Neolithocolletis nsengai, paratype, genitalia prep. MRAC/ KMMA 00425, in RMCA. 147, ventral view. 148, aedoeagus. 149–150, Neolithocolletis pentadesma, the drawings are made by Willy De Prins after the additional description and the drawing of Kumata (1993: 8–9, fig. 3a–c). 149, ventral view. 150, aedoeagus.

FIGURES 295–297. Female genitalia. Scale bar 200 µm. 295, Neolithocolletis pentadesma, genitalia prep. De Prins 3796, in CUMZ. 296–297, Cameraria hexalobina, genitalia prep. MRAC/KMMA 00418, in RMCA. 296, segments VII–X, lateral view. 297, corpus bursae.

FIGURES 5–10. Adult head morphology of the Afrotropical Lithocolletinae genera. 5, Neolithocolletis nsengai, descaled head prep. MRAC/KMMA 00537. 6, Cameraria landryi, descaled head prep. MRAC/KMMA 00529. 7, Phyllonorycter grewiaecola, descaled head prep. MRAC/KMMA 00532. 8, Phyllonorycter hibiscina, descaled head prep. MRAC/KMMA 00531. 9, Cremastobombycia solidaginis, descaled head prep. De Prins 3791. 10, Porphyrosela teramni, descaled head prep. MRAC/KMMA 00433.

FIGURES 33–38. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 33, Cameraria perodeaui, holotype ♀, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 16.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004799. 34, Cameraria perodeaui, paratype ♀, DRC, Bas-Congo, Luki-Mayumbe NR, 23.v.2007, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004798. 35, Cameraria sokoke, holotype ♂, Kenya, Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 30.iii.2004, leg. J. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003275. 36, Cameraria zaira, holotype ♂, DRC, Ht. Katanga, Panda, 04.ii.1930, leg. J. Romieux, in MHNG. 37, Cameraria torridella, holotype ♂, Kenya, Rift Valley, Turi, 02.xii.1998, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003121. 38, Phyllonorycter achilleus, holotype ♂, Kenya, Rift Valley, Turi, ex mine 16.x.1999, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003125.

FIGURES 39–44. Adults. Scale bar 1 mm. 39, Phyllonorycter adderis, holotype ♂, Rwanda, Nyungwe, mine 03.viii.2008, leg. J. & W. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000005052. 40, Phyllonorycter agassizi, holotype ♂, Kenya, Ndoinet, 20.xii.1998, leg. D.J.L. Agassiz, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000006146. 41, Phyllonorycter chionopa, holotype 6496♀, Namibia, Abachaus, ??.x.1944, leg. G. Hobohm, in TMSA. 42, Phyllonorycter encaeria, holotype 361♂, South Africa, Pretoria, 08.x.1906, leg. A.J.T. Janse, in TMSA. 43, Phyllonorycter encaeria, ♀, South Africa, Pretoria, 20.ix.1951, leg. L. Vári, in TMSA. 44, Phyllonorycter kazuri, holotype ♂, Kenya, Tsavo, 12.iv.2002, leg. J. De Prins, specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000003276.