Callima klimeschi, Berggren & Aarvik, 2024

Berggren, Kai & Aarvik, Leif, 2024, Callima icterinella (Mann, 1867) comb. nov. (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae), a complex consisting of seven species, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71 (1), pp. 95-108 : 105-106

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61698/nje/71-1-003
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087EB-FFED-0B0A-0AEC-2EBEFCE89483
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Callima klimeschi
status	sp. nov.

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Callima klimeschi sp. n.

Figure 8 View FIGURES 4–10 , 15 View FIGURES 15–16 , 21

HOLOTYPE ♀, GREECE: Rhodos , Akropolis of Kamiros (Monte Smith), 1.VI.1989, leg. J. Klimesch, GP KBE 15135 , coll. ZMUC.

PARATYPES, GREECE: Rhodos , Akropolis of Kamiros (Monte Smith), 21. V .1984, 1♂, leg. J. Klimesch, GP KBE 15130 , coll. ZMUC; ditto, but 31. V .1974, 1♂, coll. ECKU .

Diagnosis ( Figure 8 View FIGURES 4–10 ). Callima klimeschi sp. n. can be separated from C. icterinella , C. libanotica sp. n. and C. cretensis sp. n. by the white basal segments of the flagellum. From C. levantina sp. n.

it differs by the lighter brownish costal suffusion. In the male genitalia the valva in C. klimeschi sp. n. is broader with stronger base of the dorsal margin than in C. levantina sp. n. In the female genitalia the antrum is distinctly shorter than in C. levantina sp. n. and C. kos sp. n. There appears to be no clear-cut difference from C. kos sp. n. in the male genitalia. Externally the two species differ slightly in the shape of the dorsal dark blotch (it tends to be triangular in C. klimeschi sp. n., more trapezoidal in C. kos sp. n.).

Wingspan 15.5 mm.Head brownish grey, frons lighter; labial palp segment 2 externally brownish grey, inner side white, basally blackish; segment 3 white, subapically with broad, dark ring; basal segments of flagellum white, distal 1/5 distinctly ringed, otherwise weakly ringed. Thorax with tegulae yellow, medially some brownish orange scales; posteriorly with blackish patch followed by few white scales. Costa of forewing basally light brown, forming a triangular-shaped patch which has the lower margin edged with black; the black edge forms a line, white below, which extends to proximal margin of the dorsal dark blotch; dorsal dark blotch triangular, dorsally rather narrow; dark pattern elements with ochreous brown suffusion; underside brownish black with contrasting yellowish orange cilia. Hindwing with cilia dark grey. Foreleg blackish brown, tarsus with white rings; mid- and hindleg brown, with lighter underside, tarsi with whitish spots.

Male genitalia ( Figure 15 View FIGURES 15–16 ). Valva parallelsided, dorsal edge of base broadly sclerotized. Juxta lobes straight, phallus straight, of even width. The ratio genital capsule/phallus is 1.48, the highest in the species complex, indicating that the phallus is relatively short.

Female genitalia (Figure 21).Antrum short, not reaching anterior margin of segment 7, posterior margin convex, margin of anterior termination straight; small sclerite present in posterior part of ductus bursae; corpus bursae with relatively large, irregular signum.

Distribution. Greece: Rhodos

Etymology. Named after the famous Austrian Microlepidoptera specialist, Josef Klimesch (1902–1997), who collected the three type specimens.

Remarks. Fig. 46 on Tafel 6 in Tokár et al. (2005) (identified as icterinella ) shows a specimen collected at the type locality of C. klimeschi sp. n. on Rhodos Island by J. Klimesch. We consider this specimen to belong to C. klimeschi sp. n.

The photo of C. klimeschi sp. n. in nature ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 ), was taken near the type locality on Rhodos Island, Kameiros, by Gábor Vári on the 27 May 2019.