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.

Alynda sarissa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are light capucine orange with the basal fourth of the costa buckthorn brown and from the outer end of the dark costal shade a transverse, outwardly oblique fascia of the same color extends to the dorsum well before the tornus. Along termen is a narrow pinkish shade mixed with buckthorn brown. The hindwings are straw color, apically slightly darker.