New genera, new species, and new combinations in New World Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
Author
Brown, John W.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-17
4671
2
195
222
journal article
25519
10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.2
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1175-5326
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Honca grandis
(
Busck, 1907
)
,
new combination
Figs. 7
,
23
,
37
Phalonia grandis
Busck, 1907: 23
;
McDunnough 1939: 60
.
[Incertae sedis]
grandis
:
Powell 1983: 42
.
[
Cochylini
New Genus 4]
grandis
:
Brown 2005: 208
;
Metzler and Brown 2014: 278
.
Honca grandis
can be distinguished from nearly all other North American
Cochylini
by its large size (forewing length 11.0–
12.5 mm
, mean =
11.8 mm
, n = 5, in males; 11.5–13.0 mm, mean =
12.2 mm
, n = 6, in females). The forewing pattern (
Fig. 8
), which is similar to that of
Henricus umbrabasana
, features a cream ground color with a large pale reddish-brown triangular blotch occupying the middle of the hind margin, a narrow concolorous line along the basal 0.33 of the costa, and a concolorous dot near mid-costa. The hindwing is pale cream with pale graybrown mottling. The forewing pattern and the absence of a male forewing costal fold distinguish
H. grandis
from species of
Phtheochroa
, which also are among the largest North American Cochylina.
Honca grandis
is rare in collections. The early stages are unknown. Captures extend from June through July, with a single record from August. The species is apparently restricted to montane habitats in the western
United States
, with specimens recorded from
Utah
,
Colorado
, and
Wyoming
(CSUC, USNM, EME, AMNH, MSC) at elevations between 6,400 and
7,400 feet
.
Holotype
♀
,
USA
,
Colorado
,
Jefferson Co.
,
Golden
,
Chimney Gulch
,
1 Jul 1904
,
Oslar
(
USNM
).