Peleopoda navigatrix Meyrick 1912

Peleopoda navigatrix (Meyrick)

Xylorycta navigatrix Meyrick, 1912, p. 705.

Alar expanse, 25 mm.

Antenna white, labial palpus white, second segment dark gray exteriorly except apex. Head, thorax white. Forewing white with slight yellowish tinge, an irregular black patch on costa at base, an irregular triangular black patch occupying median third of costa and extending half across wing, an indistinct light gray outwardly curved transverse line from costa at two-thirds to dorsum before tornus, some faint gray suffusion toward apex; cilia white. Hind wing white with slight yellow tinge; cilia white.

Male genitalia (JFGC 4793, type). Uncus bifid, long. Gnathal plate fused, spines divided at midpoint into two patches. Anellus reniform, without lateral lobes. Valvae asymmetrical; one narrow, bent approximately 90° at midpoint, apex forming an upright club like structure, the other near uniform width to two-thirds, then narrowing sharply to less than one-half, then narrowing again just before rounded apex. Aedeagus long, curved 90° at basal one-fourth, membranous ventrally from apical two-thirds to apex. Vesica without cornuti.

FEMALE GENITALIA.—Unknown.

TYPE.—In the British Museum (Natural History).

TYPE LOCALITY.—San Antonio, Colombia, 5,800 ft.

HOST PLANT.—Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION.—Known only from the type locality.

Peleopoda navigatrix is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Colombia.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are shining white, with a faint ochreous tinge and an irregular blackish spot on the base of the costa. There is an irregular-edged triangular blackish patch occupying the median third of the costa and reaching half across the wing. An indistinct cloudy light grey curved shade is found from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus. There is some faint light grey suffusion towards the apex. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.