Levu lactineus (Fennah, 1956) Zelazny & Webb, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 38-39

Levu lactineus (Fennah, 1956) new status

Levu pallescens lactinea Fennah, 1956a: 178 , Fig. 51f–h

( Figs. 155s, t)

Additional description. Forewing length: male 2.6–3.2 mm (mean = 2.9, n= 23), female 2.8–3.1 mm (mean = 3.0, n= 6). Colour stramineous; an orange-red mark in front of antennae; anterior part of mesonotum with lateral orange marks; these coloured marks may be faint in some specimens. Forewings clouded with faint to medium dark infuscation, darker marks on first subcostal sector and at the forks of R-Rs1 and M-Ms4. Male genitalia very similar to those of Levu samoensis Muir.

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective ( lactineus , -a, -um = milky coloured).

Type material. Holotype ♂ (forewing 2.9 mm), PALAU ISL., labels: 1) KOROR I./ Palau Islands / 18. Nov.1947 2) Pacific Sci. Board / Ent. Surv. of Micronesia / H.S. Dybas leg. 3) Levu / pallescens/ lactinea/ Fenn. ( USNM #62163 ).

Other material examined. PALAU ISL.: Babelthuap Isl., E. Ngatpang, 65 m, 8,10. XII.1952, 12 ♂ 2 ♀, J.L. Gressitt; Ngaremeskang, 25 m, 20.XII.1952, 1 ♂, J.L. Gressitt; Urukthapel Isl., 180 m, Ngerem, 5.XII.1952, 2 ♂ 2 ♀, J.L. Gressitt; Koror Isl. (NE), 40 m, limestone ridge, 14.XII.1952, 2 ♂, J.L. Gressitt; Auluptagel (Aurapushekaru) Isl. , 14.I.1948, IX.1952, 13,19. XII.1952, 5 ♂ 3 ♀ 1 sex unknown, N.H.L. Krauss, J.W. Beardsley, J.L. Gressitt, H.S. Dybas (all BPBM) .

Distribution. Palau Islands.

Diagnosis. Levu lactineus shows great similarities to L. samoensis Muir from Samoa and differs from that species only by the orange marks on the genae and the mesonotum.