Scrobipalpa brandbergensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2011

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., 2021, A review of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5070 (1), pp. 1-83 : 34-35

Scrobipalpa brandbergensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2011

Figs 69, 70 , 139 , 184

Scrobipalpa spec. 4 — Bidzilya 2007: 102, fig. 47; pl. 8, fig. 1.

Scrobipalpa brandbergensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 in Mey 2011: 211, Pl. 4, fig. 20; pl. 9, fig. 39, pl. 32, fig. 16.

Type material examined. Holotype of brandbergensis ♂, Namibia, Swakopmund , Namib Desert, Vogelfederberg, 28.i.2009, LF, leg. W. Mey (gen. slide 12/10, O. Bidzilya) ( NMNW) . Paratypes: Namibia: 3 ♀, Erongo, Brandberg , 5–7.iii.2000, Mason Shelter, 1740 m (Mey) (gen. slide 89/05; 17/06, O. Bidzilya) ( MfN) .

Material examined. Namibia: 2 ♂, Namib , Vogelfederberg, 28.i.2009, LF (Mey) ( MfN) .

Diagnosis. Scrobipalpa brandbergensis is small (wingspan 9 mm) species with a white forewing bearing indistinct black markings in the cell and at 2/3 near costa, and dense black irroration in apical 1/4, resulting in a forewing pattern that is unique among Scrobipalpa species. The male genitalia of S. brandbergensis are easily recognizable by the combination of a long, slender sacculus and a very short, hump-shaped vincular process. The broad, subrectangular, densely foam-sculptured lobes of the anteromedial depression and the basal half of the apophyses anteriores strongly broadened are characteristic for the female genitalia.

Biology. Host plant unknown. Adults fly in January and March.

Distribution. Namibia.

Figures

FIGURES 61–70. Scrobipalpa spp., adults. 61. S. nigrisriana sp. nov., Kenya, Gilgil, HT, male (gen. slide 2322, OB). 62, 63. S. nomias, South Africa, Eshowe. 62. HT, female (gen. slide g. 5485). 63. Male (gen. slide 262/12, OB). 64. S. munita sp. nov., Kenya, Gilgil, HT, male (gen. slide DJLA 1475). 65, 66. S. ochracea sp. nov., South Africa. 65. Petersburg, HT, male (gen. slide 25/13, OB). 66. Knysna, PT, male (gen. slide 111/17, OB). 67, 68. S. asantesana sp. nov., South Africa. 67. Petersburg, PT, male (gen. slide in glycerol vial). 68. Asante-Sana, PT, male. 69, 70. S. brandbergensis, Namibia, Vogelfederberg. 69. HT, male (gen. slide 12/10, OB). 70. PT, female (gen. slide 17/06, OB). Scale bar = wingspan.

FIGURES 135–142. Scrobipalpa spp., male genitalia. 135, 136. S. ochracea sp. nov. South Africa. 135. Petersburg, HT (gen. slide 25/13, OB). 136. Knysna, PT (gen. slide 111/17, OB). 137, 138. S. asantesana sp. nov., South Africa. 137. Cathedral Peak, PT (gen. slide 93/17, OB). 138. Petersburg, PT (gen. slide 320/20, OB). 139. S. brandbergensis, Namibia, Brandberg, HT (gen. slide 12/10, OB). 140. S. etoshensis sp. nov, Namibia, Etosha, PT (gen. slide 103/12, OB). 141, 142. S. traganella, Namibia, Solitaire (gen. slide 129/17, OB). 142. South Africa, Asante-Sana (gen. slide 85/12, OB).

FIGURES 182–186. Scrobipalpa spp., female genitalia. 182, 183. S. asantesana sp. nov., South Africa. 182. Cathedral Peak (gen. slide 94/17, OB). 183. P.K. le ROUX DAM (gen. slide 325/20, OB). 184. S. brandbergensis, Namibia, Brandberg, PT (gen. slide 80/05, OB). 185. S. selectoides sp. nov., Namibia, C. Namib, Spencerbay Water, HT (gen. slide 246/12, OB). 186. S. etoshensis sp. nov., Namibia, Etosha, PT (gen. slide 104/12, OB).