The Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Bhutan
Author
Groenen, Frans
Author
Wangdi, Karma
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-23
4658
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526
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.5
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Bactra cophinana
sp. nov.
Figs. 20
,
66
Holotype
.
♀
,
Bhutan
,
Punakha
,
Lobesa
,
8 km
S
Punakha
,
27 º30´10´´N
,
89º52´43´´E
,
1410 m
,
11.viii.2016
, sta. 15,
C. Gielis
, genitalia slide
FG3327
(
NBCS
).
Diagnosis
.
Bactra cophinana
is related to several other Oriental species of
Bactra
, but it can be distinguished by the peculiar basket-shaped sternite
9 in
the female genitalia.
Description
. Male unknown. Female. Head: Frons and vertex pale brownish yellow. Thorax (
Fig. 20
): Forewing length
6 mm
; forewing yellow-brown, with scattered black scales and darker scales on veins creating a faint longitudinally striated pattern; a small pale dot between base of M
2
and M
1
, surrounded by a darker V-shaped spot. Fringe paler than forewing and with black dots. Hindwing pale brown, somewhat darker distally, veins darker.
Abdomen: Genitalia (
Fig. 66
) with papillae anales broad and flattened distally, very slender towards base; apophyses equal in length, about same length as ovipositor lobes; hind margin of sternite 7 deep concave, base of concavity folded, sterigma a broad and sclerotized V-shaped plate embraced by sternite 7, convex at base, arms medially swollen and folded, apical ends tapering, tops rounded; sternite 9 basket-shaped with horizontal ribbons; ductus bursae strongly widened distally, as long as corpus bursae; colliculum short, divided, covered by sterigma; corpus bursae ovoid, spined in distal ⅔; signa a small spined cup.
Distribution
.
Bhutan
.
Etymology
. The name
cophinana
is from the Latin
cophinus
, which means basket.