Description of adults: Examined: 1  , pictures of 1 , 1  . Forewing length: 11.0 mm. Head black; face smoothly scaled, bronzy golden; vestiture of hair-like scales on the head black, partly mixed yellow; eyes semiglobular, dark brown, appr. 0.4 mm in diameter (); distance of eyes (frontally) about twice the diameter of an eye; labial palpi very short, about 0.35 mm in length, bronzy golden, with distant yellow and black, hair-like scales; antennae more than 3 times the forewing length (), respectively, 1 1/4 of forewing length (); scapus strongly inflated, in flagellum proximally with backwardly directed spines, proximal third dark brown with violet tinge, distal part whitish; in , proximal 3/5 of flagellum covered densely by erect, dark brown scales with violet tinge, distal 2/5 whitish; thorax and tegulae greenish golden shining; forewings with a slightly irregular, broad fascia across the whole wing width at 2/3, the fascia consisting of three parts: central part very broad, yellow, lateral parts normally less than half the width of the center, delicately bordered black, violet with lead-like glance; basal part of the wing with similar, delicately black bordered, violet, longitudinal stripes with lead-like glance, at costa, cubitalis and analis 1, all reaching the medial fascia, although the medial and posterior ones only hardly; area between these stripes yellow, somewhat darker near medial fascia, brownish coloration sometimes also more extended, with a delicate, branching, longitudinal black line between costa and cubitalis and a similar unbranched line between cubitalis and analis 1; inner margin suffused brownish with bronzy golden glance; apical part of wing dark brown, with bronzy golden glance, violet at costa with yellow longitudinal stripes between veins, which are mostly separated by black veins, the longest reaching 1/2-4/5 of the width of the apical wing part; fringe dark brown with bronzy golden glance; hindwings with broad scales, completely covering the wing membrane, dark brownish grey with intense violet shimmer; outer margin diffuse, but delicately bronzy golden; anterior margin broad whitish, this area separated from the rest of the wing by a delicate bronzy golden line; fringe grey brown, bronzy golden shining; underside of all wings dark brown, intensively bronzy golden shining; yellow markings of upperside less intense, but distinctly developed; costal margin of hindwing light yellow in a broad stripe; legs brown with extended yellow coloration, partly golden shining; foretibia with epiphysis, midtibia with a pair of long spurs at distal end; hindtibia inflated, bright yellow, with a pair of spurs each at about 0.6 of the tibial length and at distal end, as well as with scarce, hair-like scales; abdomen dark brown, weakly golden shining. |
