Metendothenia brunnofasciana, Groenen & Wangdi, 2019

Groenen, Frans & Wangdi, Karma, 2019, The Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Bhutan, Zootaxa 4658 (3), pp. 526-540 : 532

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:664EEF6E-ABD3-4DFB-B0B8-12AC082FE0E0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5928846

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF458781-AD04-2C6F-FF06-FA82FB21A8D0

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Plazi

scientific name

Metendothenia brunnofasciana
status

sp. nov.

Metendothenia brunnofasciana , sp. nov.

Fig. 24 View FIGURES 19‒36 , 67 View FIGURES 56‒70

Holotype. ♀, Bhutan, Chhukha, Gedu , 26 º55´14´´N 89º31´17´´E, 2030 m, 5.viii.2016, sta. 8, C. Gielis, genitalia slide FG3324 ( NBCS). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Metendothenia brunnofasciana is superficially very different from M. epsilona , with a forewing pattern that features a whitish basal region and a darker apical region, divided by a brown band.

Description. Male unknown. Female. Head ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 19‒36 ): Black with white tipped scales; length of labial palpus ca. 2 times diameter of compound eye, white laterally, distal part of second and third segment grey, shining purple reflection in front view. Thorax: Notum and tegulae black mixed with a few white scales. Forewing length 5 mm; forewing broadly subtriangular, costa genly arched, apex blunt, termen convex, dorsum straight. Ground colour white, with black scales and dots in basal half, a transverse brown band from costa to dorsum just before middle of wing, apical part of wing irregular coloured black, mixed with shiny brown and lead-grey scales and lines. Fringe black, paler a tornus. Hindwing rounded apically, shiny black brown, paler in basal region, fringe white with a black subbasal line. Abdomen: Genitalia ( Fig. 67 View FIGURES 56‒70 ) with papillae anales moderate, apophyses of equal length; sterigma urn-shaped, sternite 7 square, hind margin concave, somewhat crenelated; lamella antevaginalis spinulose, lateral, with small, sclerotized ridges, ostium with rectangular sclerotization, broader than ductus bursae; ductus bursae slender, colliculum about 1/3 length of ductus; corpus bursae ovoid, membranous and spiculated, signum a strongly scobinate plate.

Distribution. Bhutan.

Etymology. The name brunnofasciana refers to the transverse brown band of the forewing.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Tortricidae

Tribe

Bactrini

Genus

Metendothenia

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