Tineovertex antidroma ( Meyrick, 1931 )

Huang, Guo-Hua, Hirowatari, Toshiya & Wang, Min, 2011, A revision of the genus Tineovertex Moriuti (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 2991, pp. 1-12 : 11

Tineovertex antidroma ( Meyrick, 1931)

( Figs. 2 G–H, 3J)

Tinea antidroma Meyrick 1931: 95 (type locality: Java ( Indonesia)).

Tineovertex antidroma: Robinson et al. 1994: 31 ; Robinson & Tuck 1996: 10; Huang et al. 2007: 42 (misidentification).

Diagnosis. This species is similar to T. elongata , but is easily distinguished from the latter by the characters discussed in the diagnosis of T. elongata .

Description. Forewing length 5.0–6.0 mm, antenna length 5.5–6.5 mm in male ( Figs. 2 G–H).

Male. Head. Vertex and frons pale ochreous to white. Thorax. Dorsum and tegula white. Forewing with termen gold-yellow, about 3.4–3.7 × as long as wide including fringe (about 3.2–3.4 × as long as wide excluding fringe); costa with a broad irregular black streak from base to near apex, dilated at middle and reaching 1/4 across wing; a black streak along dorsum from basal 1/3 to tornus, and a very narrow curved black streak from tornus to apex, separating creamy-white and gold-yellow areas. Hindwing brownish gray, 1.7–1.9 × as long as wide including fringe (3.0–3.2 × as long as wide excluding fringe). Abdomen. Male genitalia ( Fig. 3 J) with uncus lobes widely separated, quadrate, about 0.5 × length of valva, with a very short ventral slender process in lateral view. Saccus rod-shaped, slender throughout, about 2.4 × length of valva. Valva entirely narrow, L-shaped, nearly vertically curved dorsally at basal 3/5. Phallus nearly straight, stout, gradually swollen at middle, about 2.8 × length of valva; vesica with cornuti consisting of many minute spines.

Female. Unknown.

Type material. Lectotype (in BMNH), male, INDONESIA: Java, 1919, leg. W. Roepke, BM. 1930-438. Paralectotypes (in BMNH), 11 males, same data as lectotype, with genitalia slide no. 32128 in BMNH.

Bionomics. Seasonal occurrence: May to November; the host is unknown.

Distribution. Indonesia, India, W. Malaysia, Java, Sabah, New Guinea.

Remarks. This species is known to be distributed widely from India to New Guinea ( Robinson & Tuck 1996).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Adults and labels of Tineovertex spp. A – B. “ Tinea melliflua Meyrick, 1911 ”, Male, Lectotype; C. Tineovertex fibriformis, sp. nov., Male, Holotype; D. Tineovertex fibriformis, sp. nov., Female, Paratype; E. Tineovertex expansa, sp. nov., Male, Holotype; F. Tineovertex expansa, sp. nov., Female, Paratype; G – H. “ Tinea antidroma Meyrick, 1911 ”, Male, Lectotype; I. Tineovertex elongata, sp. nov., Male, Holotype (also see Huang et al., 2007: Fig. 2 C).

FIGURE 3. Genitalia of Tineovertex spp. A. “ Tinea melanochrysa Meyrick, 1911 ”, Male, Paralectotype; B. Tineovertex gladiata Huang, Hirowatari & Wang, 2007, (Left: Male, Holotype; Right: Female, Paratype); C. “ Tinea canicoma Meyrick, 1911 ”, Male, Paralectotype; D. Tineovertex thailandia, sp. nov., Female, Holotype; E. “ Tinea sartoria Meyrick, 1911 ”, (Left: Male, Holotype; Right: Female); F. Tineovertex hamoides, sp. nov., Male, Holotype; G. “ Tinea melliflua Meyrick, 1911 ”, Male, Paralectotype; H. Tineovertex fibriformis, sp. nov., (Left: Male, Holotype; Right: Female, Paratype); I. Tineovertex expansa, sp. nov., (Left: Male, Holotype; Right: Female, Paratype); J. “ Tinea antidroma Meyrick, 1911 ”, Male, Paralectotype; K. Tineovertex elongata, sp. nov., Male, Holotype.