Microschismus sceletias Meyrick, 1911

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2011, A revision of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae), African Invertebrates 52 (2), pp. 557-557 : 567

Microschismus sceletias Meyrick, 1911

Figs 35–37

Microschismus sceletias: Meyrick 1911: 222 . Type loc.: Woodb [ush]. Vill [age]. [Limpopo, South Africa]. Redescription:

Male.

External characteristics: Moths brown. Undermarginal bright band on forewings thin, winding; outer band distinct, wide, white, widening towards wing base; inner band thin, whitish. Similar bands on hindwings less marked. Wingspan 11–13 mm. Antennae simple, with barely visible cilia.

Genitalia: Uncus wide along entire length, rounded at apex. Gnathos narrow, long, pointed towards apex. Valves short and wide. Appendages at valves long, located in middle. Anellus branches quite short, strongly curved in middle part. Outer edge of saccus with cut.Aedeagus wide, concave at outer edge with well distinguished cornuti; apex is rounded.

Female. Unknown.

Holotype: ♂ SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo: Woodbush Village [? 23°47'S: 30°04'E], 13 xii.1909, C.J. Swierstra ( TMSA, no. 2662).

Figures

Figs 35–37. Microschismus sceletias Meyrick, 1911, holotype: (35) imago; (36) label; (37) male genitalia, TMSA, 15969.