Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2011, A revision of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae), African Invertebrates 52 (2), pp. 557-557 : 565-566

Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913

Figs 29–32

Microschismus premnias: Meyrick 1913: 269 . Type loc.: Three Sisters [Northern Cape, South Africa].

Redescription:

External characteristics: Forewings brown, hindwings greyish brown. On fore- and hindwings, undermarginal bright band thin and winding. Outer band white, wide, located from second to fifth blade of forewings and on all blades of hindwings. Hindwings with middle thin, white, winding band. At cleft bases of both wings are dark dots bleached on the outside. Wingspan 16–21 mm. Antennae simple, cilia barely visible.

Male genitalia: Uncus wide along entire length, pointed towards apex. Gnathos wide and flattened, rounded towards apex. Valves short and narrow. Appendages on valves short, located basally.Anellus branches straight, with distinct peaks. Outer edge of saccus with rounded apex. Aedeagus wide, slightly concave at outer edge, with cornutus at apex.

Female genitalia: Anal papillae narrow, elongated. Front apophyses thick, straight. Rear apophyses thin, straight, a little shorter than front ones. Vaginal plate has deep oval cut. Antrum is short and wide. Ductus wide, with smooth transition to oval bursa copulatrix.

Syntypes: SOUTH AFRICA: ♀ Northern Cape: Three Sisters [31°53'S: 23°05'E], 6.iii.1911, A.J.T. Janse ( TMSA, no. 4531) ; ♂ KwaZulu-Natal: Pinetown [29°49'S: 30°51'E], A.J.T. Janse ” ( TMSA) .

Figures

Figs 29–32.Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913, syntypes: (29) female imago; (30) its label; (31) male genitalia, TMSA, 15966; (32) female genitalia, TMSA, 15968.