8-9mm. This species resembles bradleyi in facies, including having a dark
spot at the forewing tornus, but the forewing is generally darker and more
variegated grey, and the hindwing is distinctly more translucent over the basal
two thirds. The male genitalia are also similar, but the large setae of the
valve apex are much more numerous and densely packed, leaving no space between
their bases, and the saccular zone of spining is also slightly more extensive,
the setae denser and more robust. The aedeagus has a subbasal sinuous flexure
that is stronger than in bradleyi (where many specimens do not show
this), and the spicules in the vesica are longer and more slender as in the next
species. The female has a wide, crinkled arch in the lamella antevaginalis (more
bilobed, less crinkled in bradleyi), and the ostium is narrower and more
notched. The sclerotised zone of the ductus is narrower and does not extend
extensively into the base of the bursa.
(holotype)
8-9mm. This species resembles bradleyi in facies, including having a dark
spot at the forewing tornus, but the forewing is generally darker and more
variegated grey, and the hindwing is distinctly more translucent over the basal
two thirds. The male genitalia are also similar, but the large setae of the
valve apex are much more numerous and densely packed, leaving no space between
their bases, and the saccular zone of spining is also slightly more extensive,
the setae denser and more robust. The aedeagus has a subbasal sinuous flexure
that is stronger than in bradleyi (where many specimens do not show
this), and the spicules in the vesica are longer and more slender as in the next
species. The female has a wide, crinkled arch in the lamella antevaginalis (more
bilobed, less crinkled in bradleyi), and the ostium is narrower and more
notched. The sclerotised zone of the ductus is narrower and does not extend
extensively into the base of the bursa.