Homadaula spec. A

Mey, Wolfram, 2022, Unexpected diversity: ten new species of Homadaula Lower, 1899 from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Galacticoidea: Galacticidae), Metamorphosis 33 (1), pp. 21-33 : 31

Homadaula spec. A

Material : 1 ♀, Kenya, Coastal, Rukinga Est., 490 m, 3°42′20′′S 36°46′35′′E, 23.xi.2010, leg. D. Agassiz & M. Ngugi , genitalia slide Mey 45/21 ( MfN); 3 ♀, same locality, 8.xii.2011, leg. D. Agassiz & M. Ngugi , genitalia slide Mey 53/21 (coll. Agassiz).

Remarks: The species differs from all other African Homadaula species by the dark brown hindwings together with the small size of the adults displaying a maximal wingspan of only 9 mm ( Fig. 28 ). The membranous, short henia in the female genitalia is another separating character ( Fig. 29 ). The species is certainly undescribed, but should be described later at a time when the currently missing male is available.

Figures

Figure 28 – Female of Homadaula spec. A.

Figure 29 – Female genitalia of Homadaula spec. A, lateral aspect.