Saccharodite egregia Zelazny, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 129-130

Saccharodite egregia Zelazny , sp. nov.

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Description. Forewings 2.1 times longer than wide, length in male about 3.5 mm. Colour stramineous; mesonotum light brown; abdominal tergites tinted with orange. Forewings slightly powdered; a large dark mark around apical crossveins between Sc, R, and M; fainter and smaller infuscated marks at clavus tip, around Sc+R fork, and along posterior apical crossveins; veins in the large mark and 2 sections on costa red; remaining veins stramineous; 3 dark spots on base of Sc+R, some fainter spots on M. Hindwings colourless. In profile junction of vertex and face rounded; subantennal processes well separated from margins of facial carinae; rostrum surpassing hind coxae. Forewings with Sc+R fork at middle of wing; basal median cell slightly wider than basal cell between Sc+R and M; no triangle at base of Ms1. Male genitalia with pygofer narrow. Genital styles oval; proximal dorsal process short and slender; distal dorsal process elongated. Apical part of aedeagus short, without lobes or processes.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (egregius, -a, -um = remarkable).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 3.5 mm), PAPUA NEW GUINEA; labels: 1) NEW GUINEA (NE)/ Sepik-Waghi div./ N. of Banz 1900 m / July 11, 1955 2) J.L. Gressitt / Collector ( BPBM).

Distribution. New Guinea.

Diagnosis. Saccharodite egregia can be easily recognized by the large dark mark near the tip of the forewings containing red veins.