Alynda sarissa Clarke 1978

Alynda sarissa

Alar expanse 20 mm.

Labial palpus cinnamon buff; second segment cinnamon brown on outer side; third segment almost wholly cinnamon brown with buff apex. Antenna cinnamon brown. Head cinnamon buff. Thorax cinnamon buff. Forewing ground color light capucine orange; basal fourth of costa buckthorn brown; from outer end of dark costal shade a transverse, outwardly oblique fascia of the same color extends to dorsum well before tornus; along termen a narrow pinkish shade mixed with buckthorn brown; cilia (except apical cilia) light orange yellow; apical cilia buckthorn brown. Hind wing straw color, apically slightly darker; cilia concolorous. Foreleg cinnamon buff heavily overlaid fuscous on outer side; midleg similar but lighter; hind leg buff. Abdomen ocherous white, shading to ochraceous buff posterioly and ochraceous ventrally.

Male genitalia slide USNM 24284. Harpe ample, cucullus rounded; at base of cucullus ventrally, a cluster of fine, long setae; sacculus rather heavily sclerotized with a truncated protuberance near distal end. Gnathos elongate, triangular, pointed. Uncus pointed. Vinculum U-shaped. Tegumen dilated in basal half, narrowed posteriorly. Anellus triangular, broadest posteriorly; from base, on each side, a digitate process. Aedeagus slender, curved; vesica armed with a single, very long, slender cornutus.

HOLOTYPE.—USNM 73720.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Centro-Austral.

Described from the unique male holotype (Jan–Mar 1898, V. Izquerdo). The relationship of A. sarissa is discussed under A. striata.