Rhotana dammermani ( Schmidt, 1926 ), 2011

Rhotana dammermani ( Schmidt, 1926) View in CoL , new combination

Decora dammermani Schmidt, 1926: 240 View in CoL .

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Redescription. Forewings 2.0 times longer than wide, length about 5.8 mm. Colour stramineous; frons clypeus, mesonotum and fore legs light brown. Forewings with a conspicuous, broad, red, U-shaped band extending from middle of Cu1, along hind margin to middle of Ms2, but not surpassing Ms2; the band curves around a colourless area, covered with white powder; about 8 dark marks of different sizes lining the red band; rest of forewings light to yellowish brown, greyish-brown around the bases of Ms1 and Ms2, and colourless in a band across the wing base and in several areas near its tip; a small bright red, round mark at last subcostal sector; another small red mark in second costal cell, accompanied by a small white mark; veins red to orange-red, in basal quarter stramineous. Hindwings colourless, lightly infuscated along apical margin, and along cross-veins between Sc, R and M; veins light brown. Facial carinae contiguous up to lower level of eyes; subantennal processes well developed, slightly curved upwards; rostrum reaching hind coxae; lateral carinae of pronotum little developed. Forewings with apical part of Sc slightly sinuate; Sc+R fork slightly before middle of wing; Ms1 branched just distad of its basal quarter, a triangle at base of Ms1; apical cross-vein between Ms1a and Ms2 strongly sinuate.

Etymology. The species is named for the collector and ' dammermani ' is a latinized noun used in the genitive case.

Type material. Lectotype ♀ (here designated) (forewing 5.8, body 3.4 mm) INDONESIA: Buru Island ; labels: 1) Buru 1921/ Station 17/ leg. L.J. Toxopeus / 1300 M 2) Typus 3) Decora / Dammermani/ Schmidt/ Edm. Schmidt / ♀ determ. 1926 ( MZWP).

Note. Schmidt did not indicate on how many specimens his description was based and the only available syntype specimen is here designated as lectotype.

Distribution. Buru Island ( Maluku, Indonesia).

Diagnosis. Rhotana dammermani can be easily distinguished by the conspicuous, red, U-shaped mark on the forewings.