Micraglossa kianganensis Léger, 2024

Micraglossa kianganensis Léger , sp. n.

https://zoobank.org/ FD0D400C-4645-4C66-996C-9A6747AD034F

Figs. 19 View Figs 16-23 , 76 View Figs 76-81 .

MATERIAL

Holotype: ♂ (specimen identifier MTD11400 , DNA barcode BC MTD 01473, genitalia on slide TL1296♂; BOLD sample ID PYRG626-11). PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Ifugao, Kiangan , 750 m, 10/11/1985 (J. Settele). Deposited in MTD .

DIAGNOSIS

In male genitalia ( Fig. 76 View Figs 76-81 ), the slender and wavy gnathos lacks the subapical dorsal conical projection observed on the other congeneric species from the Philippines. Females are not known.

HABITUS

Forewing length 4 mm, ground color cream and brown. Antemedian band wavy, edged with cream lines. Median area with a mix of cream and brown scales. Postmedian line well marked, S-shaped, running straight down to CuA1, meeting subterminal line at half length, then bent inwardly with 90° angle, running straight towards base, then bent downwards towards dorsum. Subterminal line fuzzy, cream, medially incurved inwards. Margin cream. Fringe cream with brown spots. Hindwing light copper-color.

MALE GENITALIA

Uncus about 1.4 X tegumen arm length, regularly bent downwards, slender, with scattered setae dorsally, apex ventrally with short tooth pointing downwards. Gnathos projection about 0.9 X uncus length, slender, evenly curved downwards, distal 1/4 straightened, tip pointed downwards. Valva dorsal margin sclerotized, strongly concave; ventral margin basally straight, conspicuously curved upwards on distal half; apex broadly rounded. Juxta tongue-shaped. Phallus straight, vesica without cornuti.

FEMALE GENITALIA

Not known.

DISTRIBUTION

PHILIPPINES: Luzon (Ifugao). Collected at an altitude of 750 m.

ETYMOLOGY

Name derived from Kiangan, the locality where the specimen was caught.