Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae)
Author
Adamski, David
text
Zootaxa
2013
3618
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1
223
journal article
39040
10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1
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Pseudokoleps
Adamski
, new genus
Type
species.—
Pseudokoleps akainae
Adamski
, by present designation.
Pseudokoleps
is known only from
Costa Rica
.
Description.—
Pseudokoleps
possesses a unique combination of male features unlike those possessed by other
Blastobasinae
. They include: gnathos absent; ventral part of valva with ventral margin upturned to middle, forming a wide fold beneath proximal flange of dorsal part; apical part developed into bulbous lobe, bearing a bifurcate process; base of process with a densely packed setal cluster on apical margin; proximal flange subtriangular, pointed ventrally; digitate process of dorsal part of valva apically dilated; juxta divided; and anellus with mesial and marginal setae subequal in length. This combination of features differentiates
Pseudokoleps
from all other
Blastobasinae
.
Etymology. The generic name is formed from two Greek words,
pseud
meaning false and
koleps
meaning bent knee, and refers to the dissimilarity of
Koleps
and
Pseudokoleps
in genital characters despite sharing bifurcate apices of the ventral part of the valva.