American Asteraceae-feeding Astrotischeria species with a highly modified, three-lobed valva in the male genitalia (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae) Author Jonas R. Stonis Author Arūnas Diškus Author Fernando Carvalho Filho Author Owen T. Lewis text Zootaxa 2018 2018-09-03 4469 1 1 69 journal article 29181 10.11646/zootaxa.4469.1.1 9a69324f-0dfb-463a-a399-070b030037af 1175-5326 1454525 42680994-585D-4230-B574-8DB398341B23 Astrotischeria amazonica Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. ( Figs. 4–6 , 70–82 , 233 , 241–244 ) Type material. Holotype : ♂ , ECUADOR : Napo Province , 1 km N Misahualli, 1°01'28"S , 77°40'02"W , elevation 440 m , 07.ii.2007 , V. Sruoga, genitalia slide no. AD 929♂ ( ZMUC ). Diagnosis. The combination of a very wide uncus and two horn-like dorsal lobes of valva in the male genitalia distinguishes A. amazonica sp. nov. from all other Astrotischeria , including other members of the A. trilobata group. Male ( Fig. 70 ). Forewing length about 2.5 mm; wingspan about 5.4 mm. Head: face, palpi and frontal tuft glossy, pale ochre cream; pecten indistinct in the poorly preserved holotype (see Remarks); antenna with about 35–37 segments, longer than half the length of forewing; flagellum cream on upper side, dark grey on underside; sensillae long and fine, whitish cream. Thorax and tegula pale brownish grey. Forewing, except for a few large, irregular pale orange-ochre patches, densely speckled with brown-grey scales; some of these scales with ochre cream tips and little blue, green or purple iridescence; fringe black-grey, including the forewing apex; fringe-line indistinct; forewing underside dark greybrown, without spots or androconia. Hindwing brownish grey, without androconia; fringe grey-brown. Legs pale brownish grey, with rather strong golden gloss; foreleg and midleg densely speckled with grey-brown scales on upper side. Abdomen brownish grey, distally brownish cream on underside; anal tufts indistinct, grey; genital plates grey. Female. Unknown. Male genitalia ( Figs. 4–6 , 71–82 ). Capsule about 465 µm long, 200–210 µm wide. Uncus consisting of two slender lateral lobes and two short but very wide median lobes ( Figs. 74 , 79 ). Valva divided ( Figs. 4–6 ); ventral lobe ( Fig. 75 ) slender; dorsal lobes consisting of two large, horn-like processes ( Fig. 6 ); transtilla absent. Anellus thickened laterally, with 3 setae ( Figs. 76 , 79 ), membranous posteriorly. Phallus about 520 µm long, distally deeply bifurcated, without spines ( Figs. 71, 72, 78 ). Bionomics . Adults fly in early February. Otherwise biology unknown. Distribution ( Fig. 233 ). Known from a single locality in Ecuadorian Oriente, disturbed Amazonian rainforest habitat at the elevation of about 440 m ( Figs. 241–244 ). Etymology. The species name is derived from the Amazon Basin, a place name of South American region in reference to the occurrence in the Amazonian rainforest. Remarks. Head of the holotype is broken, placed in a plastic tube.