Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical Mictopsichia group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Author
Razowski, Józef
text
Zootaxa
2011
3058
63
68
journal article
46181
10.5281/zenodo.207229
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1175-5326
207229
Mictopsichia
Hübner
, [1825] 1816, Verz. Bekannter Schmett.: 374.
Type
species:
Tortrix hubneriana
Stoll
in Cramer, 1791, Papillons Exotiques (suppl.): 41.
As recently re-defined by
Razowski (2009)
,
Mictopsichia
includes 20 described species ranging from
Mexico
to
Brazil
; two new species are described herein, bringing the total to 22. The only clue to larval host plants are the label data on four specimens of
Mictopsichia gemmisparsana
(Walker)
(
USNM
) indicating that they were reared from
Vitis vinifera
L. (
Vitaceae
) in
Venezuela
. Adults are presumed to be diurnal, and this is supported by limited field observations in
Costa Rica
.