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1.
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC6FF99FF2BE391FE8BF87B" box="[151,368,1969,1992]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Episimus submicans</emphasis>
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Powell
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC6FF99FD6EE391FCFAF87B" box="[722,769,1969,1992]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">et al</emphasis>
. 1995: 152
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FF2BE4B7FEF4FF02" bold="true" box="[151,271,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FCEFE4B8FC13FF02" box="[851,1000,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">M. synchysis</emphasis>
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by the possession of a small posteriorly-projecting thorn at the distal end of the phallus; in
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FC93E4E0FC3EFF6A" box="[815,965,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">M. synchysis</emphasis>
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the thorn projects more laterally and is located slightly subapically. Also, the basal process of the valva of
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FC18E4C7FBBCFEB3" box="[932,1095,231,256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">M. submicans</emphasis>
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is nearly uniformly in width, whereas that of
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FEEEE52FFE1CFE9B" box="[338,487,271,296]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">M. synchysis</emphasis>
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is broadest in the basal half and conspicuously narrower in the distal half. In the female genitalia of
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, the subtriangular mesal lobe of the sterigma is oriented almost directly posterad, while in
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it is oriented more laterad.
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FF7AE5A5FE8FFE2C" bold="true" box="[198,372,389,415]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Redescription</emphasis>
.
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: Vertex mixed pale brown, creamy brown, and creamy white, frons mostly creamy white; labial palpus creamy white with small patches of brown and a small patch of pale red-brown near tip of segment II.
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FE9EE5F4FE8CFE5E" box="[290,375,468,493]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Thorax</emphasis>
: Dorsum pale gray brown with some creamy white-tipped scales, posterior crest dark copper-brown. Hind tibia in male with conspicuously enlarged tuft of white scales and hairpencil. Forewing length
<quantity id="4CDF65DBFFC7FF98FF57E603FE86FD8E" box="[235,381,547,573]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" metricValueMax="7.1" metricValueMin="6.1" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" unit="mm" value="6.6" valueMax="7.1" valueMin="6.1">6.1–7.1 mm</quantity>
(mean = 6.5); pattern complex, variable; basal 0.25 mostly pale brown with irregular patches of pinkish brown and creamy white, bordered distally by a curved, pinkish gray subbasal fascia with undulate edges, faintly outlined by creamy white; mesal 0.25 of wing darker with small, dark red-brown semicircular blotch from costa near middle; a small, slender, oblong brown patch from near mid-termen approaching costa ca. 0.75 from base to apex, ending bluntly before reaching costa, bordered by area of pinkish creamwhite, irregularly reticulated with orange-brown. Hindwing pale brown; anal margin in male with fold poorly defined.
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FF41E731FE90FC99" box="[253,363,785,810]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Dark fuscous. Short, white tuft of scales from posterior edge of the sterigma in female, one at latero-anterior end of each papilla analis (lost in slide mounted preparations). Male genitalia (
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;
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preparations examined) with tegumen elongate-ovate, slightly concave laterally with small expanded lobe just before uncus; uncus broadly cordate with shallow mesal notch, densely spined; socius membranous with few bristles; valva asymmetrical, venter of left valva bent at ca. 100° angle about 0.33 distance from base with sparse patch of long setae in basal half, with setae nearly as long as valva; venter of right valva evenly curved with sparse, shorter setae (often lost in slide preparations); a broad, incurved projection from valva ca. 0.65 distance from base to apex, strongly sclerotized along one side with tiny, distally-curved setae; dense patch of long, fine setae at base of projection; basal process of the valva short, stout, ca. 3 times as long as wide, with 3-5 large spines at blunt distal end. Phallus slender, ca. 0.15 as wide as long, elongate, ca. 0.5 as long as valva, slightly curved in basal 0.3, with small external thorn near tip; vesica with two small, slender cornuti. Female genitalia (
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;
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preparations examined) with papillae anales unmodified; sterigma rounded shield-shaped, with slender triangular process with rounded apex mesally posterad of ostium, directed slightly to right; colliculum occupying posterior 0.3 of ductus bursae, weakly curved at anterior end, with C-shaped opening at anterior end, anterior 0.7 of ductus bursae membranous; corpus bursae rounded-oblong, finely punctate throughout; signum a short irregular band of blunt spines of variable length from a weakly sclerotized plate.
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<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FF7AE1A9FDF3FA78" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="H. H. Smith" country="Grenada" location="West Indies" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FF7AE1A9FEC3FA10" bold="true" box="[198,312,1417,1443]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<typeStatus id="549C769CFFC7FF98FF7AE1A9FEC3FA10" box="[198,312,1417,1443]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. Male,
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,
<collectingCountry id="F33088AEFFC7FF98FD8CE1A9FD6DFA10" box="[560,662,1417,1443]" name="Grenada" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Grenada</collectingCountry>
, Balthazar (Windward side), [no date]
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FBD4E1A9FB07FA10" box="[1128,1276,1417,1443]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">H. H. Smith</collectorName>
, Walsingham Collection 1910–427 (
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FE21E191FE00FA78" box="[413,507,1457,1483]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FF7AE1F8FDB2FA41" bold="true" box="[198,585,1496,1522]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Additional Material Examined</emphasis>
(
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,
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FD21E1F8FD2BFA41" box="[669,720,1496,1522]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">42♀</specimenCount>
).
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FD56E1F8FEF8F9A9" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="Schaus" country="Grenada" location="Grenada" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-female="3" specimenCount-male="4">
WEST INDIES:
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FC0FE1F8FBDAFA41" bold="true" box="[947,1057,1496,1522]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<collectingCountry id="F33088AEFFC7FF98FC0FE1F8FBDAFA41" box="[947,1057,1496,1522]" name="Grenada" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Grenada</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: [no date] (
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FB12E1F8FB2AFA42" box="[1198,1233,1496,1522]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="male">4♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FB5EE1F8FAFDFA41" box="[1250,1286,1496,1522]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
), W.
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FAF5E1F8FA67FA41" box="[1353,1436,1496,1522]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Schaus</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FF23E220FF00F9A9" box="[159,251,1536,1562]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FEB1E220FC56F9A9" box="[269,941,1536,1562]" collectingDate="1963-08-04" collectingDateMax="1963-08-06" collectingDateMin="1963-08-04" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="O. S. Flint" country="Grenada" location="Grand Etang" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
L.
<location id="8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FE91E220FE3FF9A9" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038E7928FFC6FF97FE7CE31EFB44FC61:8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FE91E220FE3FF9A9" box="[301,452,1536,1562]" country="Grenada" name="Grand Etang" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Grand Etang</location>
,
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FE6CE220FD8DF9A9" box="[464,630,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1963-08-04" valueMax="1963-08-06" valueMin="1963-08-04">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FE6CE220FD8DF9A9" box="[464,630,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1963-08-04" valueMax="1963-08-06" valueMin="1963-08-04">4–6 Aug 1963</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FD35E220FD52F9AA" box="[649,681,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
),
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FD7EE220FCC1F9A9" box="[706,826,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">O. S. Flint</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FCF6E220FC5EF9A9" box="[842,933,1536,1562]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FC04E220FE7CF9F2" collectingDate="1964-02-03" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="Bray" country="Dominica" location="Clarke Hall" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FC04E220FBCBF9A9" bold="true" box="[952,1072,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<collectingCountry id="F33088AEFFC7FF98FC04E220FBCBF9A9" box="[952,1072,1536,1562]" name="Dominica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Dominica</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
<location id="8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FB83E220FB32F9A9" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038E7928FFC6FF97FE7CE31EFB44FC61:8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FB83E220FB32F9A9" box="[1087,1225,1536,1562]" country="Dominica" name="Clarke Hall" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Clarke Hall</location>
,
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FB68E220FAACF9A9" box="[1236,1367,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-02-03">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FB68E220FAACF9A9" box="[1236,1367,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-02-03">3 Feb 1964</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FAD6E220FA70F9AA" box="[1386,1419,1536,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
), D. F.
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FF67E207FEEFF9F2" box="[219,276,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Bray</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FE99E207FE84F9F2" box="[293,383,1575,1601]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FE29E207FC61F9F2" box="[405,922,1575,1601]" collectingDate="1964-04-25" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="Flint &amp; Jr." country="Dominica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FE29E207FDD7F9F2" box="[405,556,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-04-25">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FE29E207FDD7F9F2" box="[405,556,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-04-25">25 Apr 1964</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FDFDE207FD98F9F2" box="[577,611,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
), O. S.
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FD78E207FD05F9F2" box="[708,766,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Flint</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FCB7E207FCDDF9F2" box="[779,806,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Jr.</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FC8BE207FC6AF9F2" box="[823,913,1575,1601]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
,
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FC14E207FBD2F9F2" box="[936,1065,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-08">8 Jan 1965</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FB82E207FB9AF9F2" box="[1086,1121,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FBC7E207FB06F9F2" box="[1147,1277,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-09">9 Jan 1965</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FAAEE207FACFF9F2" box="[1298,1332,1575,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FAF3E207FF2AF9DA" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-10">10 Jan 1965</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FF59E26FFEFCF9DA" box="[229,263,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FE9CE26FFE55F9DA" box="[288,430,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-12">12 Jan 1965</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FE7DE26FFE1FF9DA" box="[449,484,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FE41E26FFD71F9DA" box="[509,650,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-14">14 Jan 1965</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FD22E26FFD44F9DB" box="[670,703,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FD64E26FFC9EF9DA" box="[728,869,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-22">22 Jan 1965</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FCC5E26FFC67F9DA" box="[889,924,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FC08E26FFBB9F9DA" box="[948,1090,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-24">24 Jan 1965</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FBEAE26FFB82F9DA" box="[1110,1145,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FB2DE26FFE63F923" collectingDate="1965-02-05" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="Clarke" country="Dominica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FB2DE26FFAEDF9DA" box="[1169,1302,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-02-05">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FB2DE26FFAEDF9DA" box="[1169,1302,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-02-05">5 Feb 1965</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FA95E26FFAB0F9DA" box="[1321,1355,1615,1641]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
), all J. &amp; T.
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FF6BE256FEDEF923" box="[215,293,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Clarke</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FE8AE256FE6BF923" box="[310,400,1654,1680]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FE1BE256FB95F923" box="[423,1134,1654,1680]" collectingDate="1965-01-21" collectingDateMax="1965-01-31" collectingDateMin="1965-01-21" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="Wirth" country="Dominica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FE1BE256FD98F923" box="[423,611,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-21" valueMax="1965-01-31" valueMin="1965-01-21">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FE1BE256FD98F923" box="[423,611,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-01-21" valueMax="1965-01-31" valueMin="1965-01-21">21–31 Jan 1965</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FDC4E256FD63F93C" box="[632,664,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FD15E256FD35F923" box="[681,718,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
), W. W.
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FC86E256FC7BF923" box="[826,896,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Wirth</collectorName>
,
<collectingMethod id="5266B029FFC7FF98FC31E256FC01F923" box="[909,1018,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">light trap</collectingMethod>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FBB7E256FB9DF923" box="[1035,1126,1654,1680]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
. Grande Savane,
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FAFCE256FF2AF90B" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-05-13">13 May 1964</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FF5EE2BEFEFEF904" box="[226,261,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FEAFE2BEFECCF90B" box="[275,311,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">8♀</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FEF3E2BEFE11F90B" box="[335,490,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-05-20">20 May 1964</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FE41E2BEFDDBF90B" box="[509,544,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FD84E2BEFD43F90B" box="[568,696,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-06-07">7 Jun 1964</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FD74E2BEFD16F90B" box="[712,749,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
),
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FCB9E2BEFAF8F90B" box="[773,1283,1694,1720]" collectingDate="1964-07-01" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="Flint &amp; Jr." country="Dominica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="8" specimenCount-female="8">
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FCB9E2BEFC86F90B" box="[773,893,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-07-01">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FCB9E2BEFC86F90B" box="[773,893,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1964-07-01">1 Jul 1964</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FC32E2BEFC48F90B" box="[910,947,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">8♀</specimenCount>
), all O. S.
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FB8DE2BEFB90F90B" box="[1073,1131,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Flint</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FBCBE2BEFB69F90B" box="[1143,1170,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Jr.</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FB1CE2BEFB00F90B" box="[1184,1275,1694,1720]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FAB3E2BEFDEDF953" collectingDate="1965-06-11" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="Davis" country="Dominica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="1">
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FAB3E2BEFA67F90B" box="[1295,1436,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-06-11">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FAB3E2BEFA67F90B" box="[1295,1436,1694,1720]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1965-06-11">11 Jun 1965</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FF1EE2E6FF38F96D" box="[162,195,1734,1760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FF68E2E6FF03F953" box="[212,248,1734,1760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
), D. R.
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FEE1E2E6FE5AF953" box="[349,417,1734,1760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Davis</collectorName>
(
<collectionCode id="ED3650FBFFC7FF98FE0EE2E6FDF5F953" box="[434,526,1734,1760]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="3B4FC263FFC7FF98FD9FE2E6FAEEF953" box="[547,1301,1734,1760]" collectingDate="1963-07-20" collectingDateMax="1963-07-26" collectingDateMin="1963-07-20" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="O. S. Flint &amp; Jr." country="Dominica" location="Springfield Est." pageId="7" pageNumber="8" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<location id="8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FD9FE2E6FD24F953" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038E7928FFC6FF97FE7CE31EFB44FC61:8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FD9FE2E6FD24F953" box="[547,735,1734,1760]" country="Dominica" name="Springfield Est." pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Springfield Est.</location>
,
<date id="FF99EEFEFFC7FF98FD51E2E6FC5EF953" box="[749,933,1734,1760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1963-07-20" valueMax="1963-07-26" valueMin="1963-07-20">
<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FD51E2E6FC5EF953" box="[749,933,1734,1760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1963-07-20" valueMax="1963-07-26" valueMin="1963-07-20">20–26 Jul 1963</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D2103B7FFC7FF98FC07E2E6FC26F953" box="[955,989,1734,1760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
),
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FC4BE2E6FB83F953" box="[1015,1144,1734,1760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">O. S. Flint</collectorName>
,
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(
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)
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.
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:
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R. at M.P. 9,
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(
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),
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&amp;
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(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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,
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</date>
(
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),
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FB44E2CDFA8EF8B4" box="[1272,1397,1773,1799]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">O. S. Flint</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FA3DE2CDFA67F8B4" box="[1409,1436,1773,1799]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Jr.</collectorName>
(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FEB2E335FE5FF89C" box="[270,420,1813,1839]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Vergallier R.</collectorName>
, nr
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,
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</date>
(
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),
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&amp;
<collectorName id="26D2ADE8FFC7FF98FCCEE335FC4DF89C" box="[882,950,1813,1839]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Cadet</collectorName>
(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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<location id="8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FB88E335FB78F89C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038E7928FFC6FF97FE7CE31EFB44FC61:8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FB88E335FB78F89C" box="[1076,1155,1813,1839]" country="Saint Lucia" name="Miguy" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Miguy</location>
,
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<collectingDate id="EFDD1716FFC7FF98FB33E335FADCF89C" box="[1167,1319,1813,1839]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1975-11-19">19 Nov 1975</collectingDate>
</date>
(
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), [no collector] (
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)
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.
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<location id="8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FE39E31CFD97F8E5" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038E7928FFC6FF97FE7CE31EFB44FC61:8EF89EE5FFC7FF98FE39E31CFD97F8E5" box="[389,620,1852,1878]" country="Saint Lucia" name="1.5 mi S Mt. Gimie" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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S Mt. Gimie
</location>
,
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(
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), E. L.
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(
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)
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33D9BB5FFC7FF98FF7AE343FD50F847" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B98C83EFFC7FF98FF7AE343FD50F847" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2036]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FF7AE343FDFFF8CE" bold="true" box="[198,516,1891,1917]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Distribution and Biology</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC7FF98FDA5E344FCE9F8CE" box="[537,786,1892,1917]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Megalota submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be widely distributed in the West Indies (Caribbean), with numerous records from
<collectingCountry id="F33088AEFFC7FF98FD35E3ABFD14F816" box="[649,751,1931,1957]" name="Grenada" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Grenada</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F33088AEFFC7FF98FD40E3ABFC93F816" box="[764,872,1931,1957]" name="Saint Lucia" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">St. Lucia</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="F33088AEFFC7FF98FC14E3ABFBE4F816" box="[936,1055,1931,1957]" name="Dominica" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Dominica</collectingCountry>
. Adults have been collected primarily in May through August, with a few specimens from November (n = 2), January (n = 5), and February (n = 1). Nothing is known of the early stages.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33D9BB5FFC8FF97FF7AE4B7FB44FC61" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B98C83EFFC8FF97FF7AE4B7FCF7FEB1" blockId="8.[151,1436,151,978]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FF7AE4B7FEC3FF02" bold="true" box="[198,312,151,177]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Remarks</emphasis>
. Although
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FE01E4B8FD9BFF02" box="[445,608,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described in
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FC88E4B8FC5BFF02" box="[820,928,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Episimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and treated as such by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6B5CFFFC8FF97FB0EE4B8FA67FF01" author="Powell, J. A. &amp; Razowski, J. &amp; Brown, R. L." box="[1202,1436,152,178]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="151 - 157" refId="ref35317" refString="Powell, J. A., Razowski, J. &amp; Brown, R. L. (1995) Tortricidae: Olethreutinae, pp. 151 - 157. In: Heppner, J. B. (ed.), Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera, Checklist Part II: Hyblaeoidea - Pyraloidea - Tortricoidea. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida." type="book chapter" year="1995">
Powell
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FAB7E4B8FAC4FF02" box="[1291,1343,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al</emphasis>
. (1995)
</bibRefCitation>
and
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, the forewing pattern, male secondary scaling, male genitalia, and female genitalia all provide convincing evidence that it belongs in
<taxonomicName id="4C27B3BDFFC8FF97FD29E4C8FCFEFEB2" authorityName="Diakonoff" authorityYear="1966" box="[661,773,232,257]" class="Insecta" family="Tortricidae" genus="Megalota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FD29E4C8FCFEFEB2" box="[661,773,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Megalota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B98C83EFFC8FF97FF7AE530FDADFDF1" blockId="8.[151,1436,151,978]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName id="4C27B3BDFFC8FF97FF7AE530FE3BFE9A" authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Walsingham" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[198,448,272,297]" class="Insecta" family="Tortricidae" genus="Megalota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submicans">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FF7AE530FE3BFE9A" box="[198,448,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Megalota submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ranges throughout much of the Caribbean, with slight morphological variation detectable among populations from different islands—
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(
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locality),
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,
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–especially in the position and shape of the external thorn of the phallus. While these differences potentially represent species-level character states, they are difficult to quantify; hence, I adopt a conservative approach and treat all Caribbean members of the group as conspecific with
<taxonomicName id="4C27B3BDFFC8FF97FCC6E590FBE5FE7A" authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Walsingham" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[890,1054,432,457]" class="Insecta" family="Tortricidae" genus="Megalota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submicans">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FCC6E590FBE5FE7A" box="[890,1054,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In contrast, the
<taxonomicName id="4C27B3BDFFC8FF97FB57E590FA9CFE7A" authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Walsingham" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1259,1383,432,457]" class="Insecta" family="Tortricidae" genus="Megalota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submicans">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FB57E590FA9CFE7A" box="[1259,1383,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-like populations from
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(e.g., Rancho Grande,
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) have differences in the male and female genitalia that are more easily described, and combined with the different habitat and elevation, I consider these to represent a distinct species,
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FE05E608FDB5FDF2" box="[441,590,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. synchysis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B98C83EFFC8FF97FF7AE670FB44FC61" blockId="8.[151,1436,151,978]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
I have examined at least
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that are extremely similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C27B3BDFFC8FF97FB9EE670FB31FDDA" authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Walsingham" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1058,1226,592,617]" class="Insecta" family="Tortricidae" genus="Megalota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submicans">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FB9EE670FB31FDDA" box="[1058,1226,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but are different enough in details of the genitalia that their assignment to that species is questionable. A single male from
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County, Texas (USNM) may represent
<taxonomicName id="4C27B3BDFFC8FF97FD7FE680FC9FFD0A" authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Walsingham" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[707,868,672,697]" class="Insecta" family="Tortricidae" genus="Megalota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submicans">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FD7FE680FC9FFD0A" box="[707,868,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the phallus is much longer and more curved than in other specimens. A series of specimens (n = 3 USNM and 3 EME) from
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,
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also appears to represent
<taxonomicName id="4C27B3BDFFC8FF97FE34E6D0FDD1FCBA" authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="2009" baseAuthorityName="Walsingham" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[392,554,752,777]" class="Insecta" family="Tortricidae" genus="Megalota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="submicans">
<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FE34E6D0FDD1FCBA" box="[392,554,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but males lack the distinctive angle at the ventral edge in the basal portion of the valva characteristic of
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FE4EE738FD6EFC82" box="[498,661,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and females have a weakly sclerotized, rounded disc around the post-osteal region. Extraordinarily, a single male from
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,
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(USNM) also appears to represent this species. While it is possible that the Mexican and Texas specimens are conspecific with
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<emphasis id="B953142CFFC8FF97FB65E748FA86FC32" box="[1241,1405,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">M. submicans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it seems unlikely that
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specimen is. It also is possible that each of these groups represents a distinct species, but owing to the paucity of material, they are difficult to circumscribe confidently.
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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