Synechodes polias sp. nov. (Figs 1, 9) Holotype: 3, “ Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone N.P., February 1985 / site 3, 200m, Toraut alluv. For., J.D. Holloway, 1.–2.ii.1985 / R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallacea, B.M. 1985-10” (BMNH). Etymology. This species is named after Athena Polias, the Greek goddess. Description (holotype, male, Fig. 1). Alar expanse 19.5 mm, body 8.5 mm. Head: dark grey-brown, antenna serrate. Thorax: dark grey-brown. Forewings: dark grey-brown, scales with a pale tip; fringe lighter grey, darker distally. Hindwings: dark brownish grey. Abdomen: dark brown to grey, all segments with light grey posterior margins. Genitalia. Male (Gen. prep. AK593 / BMNH31614, Fig. 9). Typical for the genus; valva simple, uncus pointed, gnathos fish-hook-like and saccus triangular (Fig. 9 a); juxta with two short lateral processes (Fig. 9 b); phallus simple, straight, with a low ridge subapically (Fig. 9 c). Apical abdominal tergite with two short lateral processes (Fig. 9 d). Diagnosis. Its uniform greyish wing coloration distinguishes this species from all congeners and all other Brachodidae of tropical Asia.

Published as part of Kallies, Axel, 2013, New and little known Brachodidae from tropical Asia and Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea), pp. 241-259 in Zootaxa 3641 (3) on page 242, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/215638