Saccharodite doddi Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 167

Saccharodite doddi Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.1 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.9 mm. Colour stramineous; a light orange stripe above eyes; facial carinae in front of eyes and mesonotum light brown. Forewings glassy; faintly infuscated around clavus tip, around bases of Ms1 and Ms2, in 2nd costal cell, and along apical crossveins; veins stramineous to light brown; 4 dark spots on base of Sc+R. Hindwings colourless. In profile junction of vertex and face angulated, subantennal processes connected to margins of facial carinae. Forewings with Sc+R fork before middle of wing; basal median cell broad; a triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles oval; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process long. Apex of aedeagus narrow and spatulate, its sides elevated.

Etymology. The species is named for the collector and ' doddi ' is a latinized noun used in the genitive case.

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.9 mm), AUSTRALIA; labels: 1) Queensland / F.P. Dodd. / 1902-319 ( BMNH).

Distribution. Australia (Queensland).

Diagnosis. Saccharodite doddi is very similar externally to Sa. joycei sp. nov. from Fiji. However, in profile the junction of vertex and face is less angulated and the apex of the male aedeagus is much narrower and flatter and has elevated lateral margins.