Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Author
Lee, Sangmi
Author
Brown, Richard L.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1818
1
55
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182949
834831a3-c0b8-44fa-b357-c14c05822909
1175-5326
182949
Arcutelphusa
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Arcutelphusa talladega
sp. nov.
Description.
Imago. Antenna longer than half forewing length. Clypeus with ventral margin rounded. Labial palpus with third segment shorter than second. Ocellus present. Posterior area of sitophore with four campaniform sensilla in asymmetrical trapezoid, posterior pair closer together than anterior pair; anterior area with four campaniform sensilla. Forewing (length/width ratio 4.3) with tufts of raised scales, median and postmedian fasciae confluent, transverse, R4 and R5 stalked, R4+5 and M1 separate, M2 and M3 connate, CuA1 and CuA2 present (
Fig. 14
). Hindwing (length/width ratio 3.7) with R5 and M1 stalked, M2, M3, and CuA1 separate, CuA2 present (
Fig. 18
). Male abdominal tergum VIII subrectangular, sternum with slightly emarginate posterior mesial margin (
Fig. 21
).
Male genitalia (
Fig. 49
): uncus rounded apically; gnathos horn shaped without basal articulation, subequal in length with uncus; valva divided into saccular and costal parts, costal part sickle shaped, strongly bent at middle, with internal tube and bulbous base, saccular part digitate, one-half length of costal part; tegumen basal width/length 0.9; phallus without cornuti, phallic fulcrum not developed, cornuti absent.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 50
): apophyses anteriores about one-half length of apophyses posteriores; apophyses anteriores about 1.5 x length of abdominal segment VIII; ostium bursae surrounded by horseshoe-shaped sclerite; ductus bursae membranous; colliculum in ductus bursae absent; signum a rhomboid plate with finely serrate margins.
Diagnosis
. Imagos are superficially similar to
Pseudotelphusa
in wing pattern and color but differ by having the costal part of the valva sickle shaped and bent near the middle.
Diversity and distribution.
Arcutelphusa
is respresented only by the
type
species that occurs in midsouthern
United States
.
Etymology.
The generic name is derived from a combination of the Latin noun “
arcus
” (bend, Latin), referring to the bending of the valval costa, and
Telphusa
, a basal genus of Teleiodini.