Neurothaumasia tunesiella, Gaedike, 2011

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2011, New and poorly known Tineidae from the Western Palaearctic (Lepidoptera), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 61 (2), pp. 357-370 : 360

Neurothaumasia tunesiella sp. n.

Material:

Holotype , “ Tunisia, Nefta area , 1.-4.v.1988, Zool. Mus. Copenhagen Exp.;”“Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] GAED.[IKE] Nr. 3623;” “ Holotypus  Neurothaumasia tunesiellatunesiella sp. n. det. R. GAEDIKE 2011;”ZMUC . - Paratype: 1 , “ Tunisia, Nefta , 15.ix.1982, [leg.] DELMASTRO;” “Gen.präp. [genitalia slide] GAED.[IKE] Nr. 2755;” Coll. BALDIZZONE .

Description ( Fig. 3 ):

Wingspan 7-8 mm; head brush creamy, apically darker, scales from neck to insertion of antennae and above palpi flat, shining creamy; labial palpi outside light grey-brown, inside whitish, second segment apically with some bristles; antenna as long as forewing, scapus grey-brown, flagellum shining creamy; thorax shining creamy, tegulae somewhat darker; forewing narrow, without pattern, light greyish-brown, shining, dorsum on narrow stripe creamy; hindwing shining whitish.

Male genitaliagenitalia ( Figs 10-12 ): Uncus with two socii, basally broad, to apex narrower, with oblique truncated tip; tegumen nearly allways broad, saccus thin, as long as socii; valva with long curved transtilla, parallel, with rounded apex; phallus somewhat shorter as valva, narrow, without visible cornuti.

Female genitalia: Unknown.

Etymology: Named after the country of type location.

Figures

Fig. 3: Neurothaumasia tunesiella.

Figs 10-12: Neurothaumasia tunesiella,  (10 - uncus-tegumen; 11 - valva; 12 - phallus).