Scythris ejiciens Meyrick, 1928

Nupponen 1, Kari & Sihvonen, Pasi, 2022, Revision of Neotropical Scythrididae moths and descriptions of 22 new species from Argentina, Chile, and Peru (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea), ZooKeys 1087, pp. 19-104 : 19

Scythris ejiciens Meyrick, 1928

Fig. 19

Scythris ejiciens Meyrick, 1928. Exotic Microlepidoptera, vol. 3 (part 13): 412.

Material examined.

Holotype (fixed by monotypy, Art. 73.1.2 ( ICZN 2000)). Peru • ♀; Cocapata ; 12.000 feet a.s.l.; NHMUK ID 010922358; coll. NHMUK.

Diagnosis.

The abdomen of the type is missing. A small species (wingspan 9 mm). Externally S. ejiciens may be separated from the other described Neotropical Scythris by a distinct whitish-ochreous streak along the fold from base to the end of cell, followed by whitish-ochreous spot.

Description.

The original description is quoted: "Wingspan 9 mm ♀. Head, thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous. Palpi grey. Forewings rather dark purplish-fuscous; a whitish-ochreous streak along fold from base to beyond middle of wing; a roundish whitish-ochreous spot in disc at 0.75: cilia fuscous. Hindwings dark grey; cilia fuscous."

Distribution.

Peru.

Remarks.

Male unknown. The type specimen of S. ejiciens lacks the abdomen and does not have a genital preparation label. Clarke (1965) reported "The abdomen is missing."

Figures

Figures 18 - 24 A. Scythrididae adults, genus Scythris 18 S. caimancitoensis Nupponen, sp. nov., male, holotype 19 S. ejiciens Meyrick, 1928, male, holotype 20 S. fluvialis Meyrick, 1916, male, lectotype 21 S. inanima Meyrick, 1916, male, holotype 22 A S. lequetepequensis Nupponen sp. nov., male, holotype 22 B S. lequetepequensis Nupponen sp. nov., male, paratype 23 S. plocogastra Meyrick, 1931, female, holotype 24 A S. tibicina Meyrick, 1916, male, lectotype.