Phyllonorycter mida, De Prins, 2012

Prins, Jurate De & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2012, Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), Zootaxa 3594 (1), pp. 1-283 : 131-132

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3594.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B00799F3-F397-438C-B1E1-A8440E636921

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5259474

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ADE350-B191-FF09-F1CF-F9788DD1CDC4

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Felipe

scientific name

Phyllonorycter mida
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The mida View in CoL group

The mida group consists of two species: P. mida De Prins , sp. n. and P. tsavensis De Prins , sp. n. External features do not readily distinguish the mida group from species belonging to the encaeria , rhynchosiae , hibiscina , and silvicola groups. The female genitalia contains superficially similar characters with these in the other groups, such as: i) needle-like appendix originating from base of papillae anales, ii) well developed sterigmatic fold on segment VII, iii) posterior and anterior apophyses of medium length, and iv) corpus bursae with a stellate signum. However, the mida group has a structured sterigma lamella post-vaginalis which is highly sclerotized, covered with spines situated posteriad a small fold-like sterigmatic sclerotization of cuticle—lamella antevaginalis.

Key to females of mida group based on genitalia

1. Lamella post-vaginalis spherical, covered with spines, with arc-shaped margins ( Fig. 338 View FIGURES 338–339 )...................... 47. mida View in CoL

– Lamella post-vaginalis saddle-shaped, with slight excavation, without arc-shaped margins ( Fig. 339 View FIGURES 338–339 )..........48. tsavensis View in CoL

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