A review of Coelopoetinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Pterolonchidae), a moth subfamily confined to western North America, with descriptions of seven new species
Author
Kaila, Lauri
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Coelopoeta alboflava
Kaila
,
sp. nov.
Figs. 24
,
34
Holotype
♂
:
U.S.A.
,
Montana
,
Hamilton
,
17.viii.1928
J. McDunnough
leg.;
Coelopoeta
sp.
det.
A.F.B.
;
Specimen ID
CNCLEP00116752;
Barcode of Life Project
,
Leg
(s) removed, DNA extracted [barcoding unsuccessful];
L. Kaila
prep. 6373 (
CNC
).
Diagnosis.
C. alboflava
is a large and narrow-winged species. The forewing, head and thorax are creamy-white. The male antennae are slightly serrate in distal 1/4, and unlike other species, almost white and only indistinctly annulated with pale grey rings. The male genitalia most closely resemble those of
C. glutinosi
and
C. phaceliae
in not having the termen of valva distally dilated. This, in combination with the short saccus and phallus separates it from
C. aprica
. The shape of the tegumen differentiates
C. alboflava
from all other species in being more spherical and about as high as long as seen in lateral view. The female is unknown.
Description
. Forewing length
6 mm
. Labial palpus half the diameter of head; labial palpus, head, neck tuft, scape and pecten creamy white. Flagellum white, weakly annulated with pale grey rings, slightly serrate in distal 1/4. Fore- and midleg outwardly creamy white, inward ochreous, tarsal articles basally ochreous, distally pale grey. Hindleg outwardly creamy white, inwardly pale ochreous, tarsal articles distally slightly darker.
Male genitalia: Uncus undivided, hook-shaped, evenly tapered, approximately as long as tegumen. Gnathos as long as uncus, tapered from middle to apex, straight. Tegumen spherical, as high as long and 4/5 as long as valva in lateral view. Distal half of valva slightly narrower than basal half, twice as long as wide, distinctly inwardly bent in distal half, termen distally not markedly bulbous. Juxta bent, broadest in the middle, distal margin almost straight, anterior margin evenly convex. Saccus half the length of valva, bent dorsad, twice as long as its width at its narrowest point in middle, apex broadly rounded. Phallus slightly longer than valva, basal opening dorsally directed, without distinct carina along distal opening.
Female unknown.
Biology
. Unknown. The single known specimen was collected in mid-August.
Distribution
. Known only from the
type
locality in western
Montana
,
U.S.A.