Halista batillosa Park & Kim 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Park, Kyu-Tek
name: Kim, Sora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Halista
Halista batillosa

description: Halista batillosa Park & Kim, sp. nov.   
(Figs. 1 A–I)  
 Type material. Holotype: ♂, Philippines, Palawan, Mantalingajan, Pingasana 600 m, 24 Sept. 1961, Noona Dan Exp. 61–62; gen. slide no.CIS-6950, in ZMUC.   
Paratypes: 2♂, same locality and date as for the holotype, wing slide no. CIS-7411, in ZMUC.  
 Diagnosis. The new species is characterized by the forewing with ground color light yellow to light orange, with dark-brown spots along costa beyond 3/4 and along termen; second segment of labial palpus unique shovelshaped, with concaved, dark brown inner surface; the front leg with long, hair-like, pale-yellow scales in middle. The male genitalia are similar to those of Frisilia compostoma Meyrick, which is an Afrotropical species. But, the new species can be distinguished by lacking the long sword-shaped caudal process of juxta.   
 Description. Male. (Figs. 1 A–D). Forewing length 5.5–6.0 mm.   
 Head: vertex light yellow to light orange.Antenna light orange, about 1.2 times than forewing length; flagellum without annulations; basal segment elongated, pale yellow, without annulation. Labial palpus with second segment uniquely developed, shovel-shaped, more or less triangular, concaved on inner surface covered with dark brown scales, light yellow on outer surface; 3rd segment minute.   
 Thorax: Tegula and light yellow to light orange dorsally. Fore leg with long, hair-like scales medially, black scales covered with pale yellow scales dorsally; tibia dark brown. Hind tibia grayish yellow on outer surface, with dark-brown median and apical spurs. Forewing ground color light yellow to light orange; without any distinct markings, with several dark-brown-spots along costa beyond 3/4 and also along termen; apex slightly produced; fringe concolorous with ground color; cell closed; venation (Fig. 1C) with R 1 arising from before middle of cell; distance between R 1 and R 2 about twice length that of R 2 and R 3; R 3 and R 4 stalked for about basal 1/4; R 4 and R 5 stalked beyond 2/3; R 5 to termen; M 1 remote from base of R 3+4; M 2 slightly closer to M 3 at base; M 3 from lower corner of cell; CuA 1 and CuA 2 short-stalked. Hindwing slightly narrower than forewing; ground color paler than that of forewing; apex produced; fringe concolorous with ground color; venation with Rs and M 1 long-stalked; M 2 extending from near base of R-vein to termen M 3 and CuA 1 coincident; CuA 2 arising from near lower corner of cell; cell opened.   
 Abdomen (Fig.1I): No spinous zones on dorsal surface, with a long hair-pencils arising from IV–V; sternite VII with short lateral anterior rods; sternite VIII with long lateral anterior rods.   
 Male genitalia (Figs. 1 E–H): Basal lobes of uncus semi-ovate, directed outward. Median process of gnathos broad basally; apical 1/3 heavily sclerotized, strongly bent downward. Costal bar connecting tegument and valva strongly angled at middle. Basal part of valva broad basally; cucullus thumb-like, as long as basal part of valva, broadened distally with round apex; sacculus broad, extending half of valva in length. Juxta deeply emarginated medially on caudal margin, in V-shape, with membranous latero-caudal flap. Aedeagus stout, broader than cucullus, with large, plate-like cornutus, as long as 3/5 of aedeagus; with short, minute lateral conic spines pre-apically.   
 Female genitalia. Unknown.   
 Distribution. The Philippines (Palawan).   
 Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin, batillus (= shovel) with a Latin superlative ending -osa, referring to the shovel-shaped labial palpus.
description: Published as part of Park, Kyu-Tek & Kim, Sora, 2020, Two new genera, Halista Park, gen. nov. and Mireana Park, gen. nov. and six new species of the family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines, pp. 316-328 in Zootaxa 4803 (2) on pages 317-319, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3909151