Systematics and faunistics of Neotropical Eucosmini. 1. Chimoptesis Powell, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Author
Razowski, Józef
Author
Becker, Vitor Osmar
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
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Chimoptesis costaricae
,
sp. n.
Figs 1
,
13
,
27, 28
Diagnosis.
C. costaricae
can be distinguished by its whitish forewing ground colour and brown markings. It is related to
C. chrysopyla
, but
C
.
costaricae
has a much broader uncus, a shorter aedeagus, and a weakly convex posterior edge of the sterigma.
Description.
Wing span
19 mm
. Male: Head and thorax cream, labial palpus and thorax with brown-grey markings. Forewing not expanding terminad; apex rounded; costa almost straight; costal fold slender, reaching 1/3 of costa. Ground colour whitish, sprinkled brown; greyish brown strigulae in basal and posterior parts of wing; brown triangular postbasal blotch and median fascia forming a pale dorsal blotch; terminal and apical marks weak. Cilia blackish brown in apical area, much paler medially, whitish at tornus. Hindwing whitish, brownish grey in apical part with darker strigulae; cilia whitish, brownish grey in apical third. Genitalia (
Fig. 1
) with uncus very broad, fairly short, convex apically; socius weakly expanding posteriorly; basal half of valva broad, neck short; sacculus angulate; cucullus moderately broad; aedeagus rather broad, short.
Female: Forewing ground colour pale, markings dark brown, strigulation rather weak except for basal area. Genitalia (
Fig. 13
) with apophyses fairly broad; posterior edge of sterigma slightly convex; folds of subgenital sterite broad postmedially; sclerite of antrum about one-half as long as cingulum; blades of signa slender.
Holotype
male: "
Costa Rica
, [San José], Cerro [de] la Muerte,
5–7.VIII.1981
,
3100 m
, V. O. Becker Col; Col. Becker 45030"; GS 839 WZ. Two
paratypes
with similar label data, female with GS 838 WZ.
Etymology.
The name refers to the country of origin.