Chlamydastis Meyrick of Costa Rica: barcodes, biology, and descriptions of 36 new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae)
Author
Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie
Dry Forest Conservation Fund, Sector Santa Rosa, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, phillipsrodriguez @ gmail. com urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 798045 C-A 872 - 4 F 6 A- 82 F 4 - 5 AC 78 A 04 DDA 3
Author
Brown, John W.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA tortricidae. jwb @ gmail. com urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 3 C 52 FC 4 E-E 988 - 4 AD 6 - B 0 D 1 - 9 A 5 CA 74 CB 24 C
Author
Hallwachs, Winnie
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Author
Janzen, Daniel H.
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
text
Insecta Mundi
2021
2021-05-28
2021
868
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5042023
1942-1354
5042023
1738B3CE-22AC-409B-9B04-DAD91322B278
Chlamydastis mignondavisae
Phillips and Brown
,
new species
Figures 11
,
96
Holotype
.
Female
,
Costa Rica
,
Cartago
,
Turrialba
,
1–6.iii.1965
,
S. S. and W. D. Duckworth
, USNM slide 13,244, USNMENT 01480465 (
USNM
).
Paratypes
(
2♀
). See Appendix 1.
Diagnosis.
Chlamydastis mignondavisae
is most similar to
C. bernardoespinozai
in facies and female genitalia (the male of
C. mignondavisae
is unknown). The forewing has a bold brown dash in the discal cell (rather than a slender line as in most members of the species group), terminating at a white dot, and a comma-shaped median fascia extending from midwing to the tornus. It can be distinguished from
C. bernardoespinozai
by its whiter ground color, slightly greater forewing length, and the slightly different shape of the signum in the female genitalia.
Description.
MALE. Unknown.
FEMALE (
Fig. 11
).
Head
. Frons, vertex and collar white; labial palpus white to cream intermixed with brownish scales, second segment with an irregular brownish lateral band reaching ca. 0.5 length of segment, third segment with brown scales at base; sensory setae of antenna short, sparse.
Thorax
. Dorsum and tegula cream to white. FW length 12.5–13.0 mm; FW white with irregular pale gray striations; a distinct black dash through middle of discal cell ending in a white dot; a slightly paler, comma-shaped patch from hind margin near tornus extending to outer margin of white dot at end of discal cell; two brown spots along costa, 0.4 and 0.8 distance from wing base to apex, distal spot larger; small, brown, subrectangular patch in termen near tornus. HW pale grayish brown.
Abdomen
. Externally cream. Genitalia (
Fig. 95
) with papillae anales somewhat parallel-sided; ductus bursae short, ca. 0.3 as long as corpus bursae, gradually broadened throughout, with irregular patch of sclerotization occupying posterior 0.6; corpus bursae rounded, signum a broad, somewhat rounded plate, divided medially by a slender, uninterrupted line of sclerotization.
DNA barcodes.
There are no sequence data available for this species.
Distribution.
Chlamydastis mignondavisae
has been collected only in Turrialba at
630 m
elevation.
Biology.
The food plant and immature stages are unknown.
Etymology.
Chlamydastis mignondavisae
is a patronym for Mignon Davis in recognition of her contributions to the knowledge of the
Lepidoptera
of
Costa Rica
through her involvement in the ALAS (Arthropods of La Selva) project.