New species and new combinations in Afrotropical Eucosmocydia Diakonoff, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
Author
Brown, John W.
Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA
Author
Razowski, Józef
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Systematic Zoology Sławkowska 17, Krakow, Poland
Author
Aarvik, Leif
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo P. O. Box 1172, Blindern, NO- 0318 Oslo, Norway
Author
Timm, Alicia E.
Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80521 - 1177, USA
Author
Copeland, Robert S.
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology P. O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
text
Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-04-29
2022
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.6533434
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Eucosmocydia salticola
(Meyrick, 1913)
,
new combination
Eucosma salticola
Meyrick 1913: 271
;
Razowski and Krüger 2007: 136
.
Laspeyresia salticola
:
Razowski and Krüger 2007: 156
.
Eucosmocydia prolixa
Razowski and Wojtusiak 2012: 9
,
new synonym
.
Eucosma salticola
was described from
12 specimens
, including both sexes, from Barberton, Three Sisters, and Waterval Onder, Transvaal,
South Africa
. According to
Razowski and Krüger (2007)
, in addition to the male
holotype
, there are
five paratypes
in the DMP. The female
holotype
and its genitalia were figured by
Razowski and Krüger (2007
: fig. 147, 310, respectively).
Eucosmocydia prolixa
was described from a
holotype
male from the Obudu
Plateau
,
Nigeria
; the description was accompanied by illustrations of the adult and genitalia (
Razowski and Wojtusiak 2012
: fig. 36, 131). Based on forewing maculation and morphology of the male genitalia,
E. prolixa
is almost certainly conspecific with
E. salticola
.
One of us (LA) has dissected specimens from
South Africa
,
Malawi
,
Kenya
, and
Uganda
that superficially resemble the
type
specimen of
E. salticola
figured by
Razowski and Krüger (2007
: fig. 147), and the genitalia of those specimens are nearly indistinguishable from those illustrated by
Razowski and Krüger (2007
, female) and
Razowski and Wojtusiak (2012
, male). Although the adult of
E. prolixa
has a slightly different forewing color, the pattern is essentially the same as that of
E. salticola
, and the female genitalia of
E. salticola
strongly resemble those of
E. prolixa
(see
Agassiz and Aarvik 2014
: fig. 33).