Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae)
Author
DAVID ADAMSKI
text
Zootaxa
2005
858
1
158
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170793
94a0cedb-15bb-4bfd-955e-77200a536045
1175-5334
170793
511FBF55-10F2-4A00-B15B-CBD34EAB023E
Glyphidocera gemmae
,
new species
(Figs.
30–32, 303
,
Map
6
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera gemmae
is similar to
G. eminetiae
but differs from the latter by having a straight apical furca of the valval costa, a less angular distal part of the valva, and a larger apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica
Description.— Head: Scales of vertex and frontoclypeus brown tipped with pale brown; scape pale brown, flagellum pale brown; male
4
th flagellomere not protuberant,
5
th and
6
th flagellomeres slightly excavated; proboscis pale brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brown. Legs brown intermixed with palebrown scales to apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
303
): Length
5.3– 5.8 mm
(n =
2
), costa and distal
1
/
3
brown intermixed with palebrown scales; cell and surrounding areas of cell paler than marginal areas; cell with
2
brown spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end, CuP with a small brown spot slightly basal and posterior to midcell spot [one specimen with wing spots absent]. Undersurface pale brown. Hindwing: Pale brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
30
): Male with
4
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental area between segments
2–3
, and with two ellipticalshaped clusters of sex scales, formed by
3–4
short, irregular rows of scales, on intersegmental area between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
31–32
): Uncus elongate, broadly constricted above a widened base, broadly rounded medially, gradually tapering to an acuminate and setose apex; gnathos setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms fusing medially, dorsally atrophied; costa of valva nearly straight from a shallow depression beyond a slightly downturned, basal digitate process to apical furca; furca slightly upturned, nearly as long as width distal valva; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva before midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate and broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing a large, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus with one side shortened near midlength, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Est[ación] Sirena,
0–100 m
, P[arque] N[acional] Corcovado, Prov[incia] Punt[arenas],
COSTA
RICA
, G. Fonseca,
Set.
1991
, LS
270500
,
508300
”, “
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
357448
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
1079
” [yellow label], “
PARATYPE
,
Glyphidocera guaroa
, Adamski
” [blue label].
Paratype
1
ɗ, “P. N. Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Prov. Punta.,
COSTA
RICA
,
80 m
,
Ago.
1993
, G. Varela, LS
370900
,
448800
, #
2307
”, “
CRI
001,
656012
”, “
PARATYPE
,
Glyphidocera guaroa
, Adamski
”, “Slide No.
1009
.”
Distribution (
Map
6
):
Glyphidocera gemmae
is known from two coastal collecting sites along the Pacific Ocean in southeastern
Costa Rica
.
MAP 6.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera gemmae
() and
G. o l l a e
().
Etymology: The species epithet
gemmae
is derived from the Latin “gemma,” meaning jewel.