Cuphodes lechriotoma ( Turner, 1913 )

Prins, Jurate De, Hartley, Diana, Sruoga, Virginijus, Nicholls, James, Wallace, Jesse & Zwick, Andreas, 2025, Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics, Zootaxa 5616 (1), pp. 1-340 : 59-60

Cuphodes lechriotoma ( Turner, 1913)

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“ Phrixosceles lechriotoma , n. sp. ”—Turner, A.J., 1913. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 185. https:// www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6407214

Cuphodes lechriotoma — Turner 1940: 53; Nielsen & Kumata 1996: 48; De Prins & De Prins 2005: 166.

Type locality: [ Australia], N.[orth] Q.[ueensland], Cardwell .

Type specimen: Holotype ♀, coll. Turner, DNA sample NULT022986, ANIC Acc. no 31 010797, in ANIC (Canberra).

Specimen examined: Holotype ♀, without abdomen: [labels verbatim] [1] Cardwell/ 1900 Aug [ust]. [2] ANIC Database No/31 010797. [3] Cyphosticha TYPE/ lechriotoma . Turn. [4] HOLOTYPE / Cuphodes / lechriotoma Turn. , in ANIC (Canberra) ( Fig. 54).

Morphological diagnostic characterisation: Wingspan 6.2 mm; length of the forewing 2.9 mm. This species is externally similar to C. holoteles . Both species share the white background colour at basal half of forewing, ochreous fasciate pattern at apical half of forewing ( Fig. 54).

Head: vertex and frons white, maxillary palpus short, stout, with sharp apices, white; labial palpus slender, white, distancing from each other with curved and upraised apical parts; antenna dark ochreous, scape slightly flattened, pecten not perceptible.

Thorax ( Fig. 54): light ochreous, tegula concolourous with thorax, forewing with oblique (variable) interchanging in width and colouration fasciae, stripes and spots. Basal half of forewing white with ochreous narrow, consisting of one or two rows transverse fasciae, dorsal margin with short tiny stripes of different length and differently oriented; apical half is bordered by distinct oblique fascia, that very clearly separates basal and apical ornamentation markings; a diagnostic long horizontal yellow line runs from mid fascia to apex, apical spot absent, fringe line is represented by several darker short fringe scales present at termen of forewing. Mid legs and hind legs white with ochreous rings, clearly diagnosing C. lechriotoma from C. holoteles ; hind tibiae and basal tarsi heavily covered with long hanging scales—an easily noticeable diagnostic character on sub-family level.

Abdomen: No data.

Male genitalia: No data.

Female genitalia: No data.

BOLD data: No data.

GenBank data: No data.

Mitogenomic data: No data.

Bionomics: No data.

Distribution: Australia: Queensland ( Turner 1913: 185).