Topiris sp.

Sterling, Mark J., Price, Ben W. & Lees, David C., 2025, A revision of the hitherto neglected genus Topiris Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera, Xyloryctidae) with taxonomic notes on the genus Athrypsiastis Meyrick, 1910, ZooKeys 1229, pp. 297-368 : 297-368

Topiris sp. “ RMNH.INS.20000 ”

Fig. 22

Note.

The specimen of which we are aware was found in Kalimantan, Indonesia (Indonesian Borneo), coordinates - 1.414, 115.976 at 650 m elevation on 20 November 2005 by Erik van Nieukerken and E. Gasso. The specimen (Museum ID RMNH.INS.20000 ) has been sequenced (Process ID LEPKM 312-10) and belongs to BIN, BOLD: AAL 9269. It has a pairwise divergence of 1.37 % from T. cinderella , whose DNA barcode BIN is BOLD: ADZ 9718. The adult is illustrated as Fig. 22 . The specimen is a male and has bipectinate antennae. In the forewing, R 3, R 4, and R 5 share a common stalk and R 4 and R 5 are both post-apical. Although the specimen is very worn, it would appear that it is not iridescent white in colour. The specimen has been dissected with slide number RMNH.INS.20000 . An image of the adult was examined by us, but its genitalia slide has not been located. The external characters of this exemplar are consistent with both Topiris and Athrypsiastis but its barcode places it within Topiris . The pairwise distance between this exemplar and T. cinderella suggest that it may be a different haplotype of T. cinderella . However, we note that BOLD have allocated this exemplar a different BIN from T. cinderella .

Figures

Figures 22–31. Dorsal images of Topiris, Athrypsiastis and Paralecta spp. 22 Topiris RMNH. INS. 20000 23 Athrypsiastis phaeoleuca Meyrick, 1910, holotype ♂ 24 A. cheesmanae sp. nov., paratype ♂ 25 A. edelweissella sp. nov., holotype ♂ 26 A. halmaherella (Lvovsky, 2014), comb. nov., holotype ♂ 27 A. penumbrella sp. nov., holotype ♂ 28 A. symmetra Meyrick, 1915, ♂ 29 Paralecta rosiflora (Meyrick, 1930), comb. nov., holotype 30 Topiris salva (Meyrick, 1932) ♀ 31 T. salva ♀. Scale bars: 10 mm (22–29).