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 corniculae
,
new species
(Figs.
36–38, 299
,
Map
7
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera corniculae
is most similar to
G. t e r r a e
but differs by having a digitate process of valva that is apically dilated, an apical furca of valval costa that is shorter and more acutely upturned, and a larger apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus brownish orange; labial palpus with outer margin brownish orange intermixed with few darkbrown scales, inner surface pale brownish orange intermixed with few brownishorange scales; scape of antenna brownish orange, flagellomeres pale brownish orange; male
4
th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres
5–6
[setiform scales on apex of protuberance of
4
th flagellomere missing]; proboscis pale brownish orange.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brownish orange. Legs pale brownish orange. Forewing (Fig.
299
): Length
9.1 mm
(n =
1
), brownish orange with a brown spot near distal end of cell. Undersurface brownish orange. Hindwing: Brownish orange.
Abdomen (Fig.
36
): Male with
4
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental area between terga
2–3
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
37–38
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, parallelsided to midlength, gradually narrowing to an acuminate and setose apex; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen absent; costa of valva gradually sloped to an abruptly upturned apical furca; furca with slightly serrate outer margin; base of costa with a digitate process with a knoblike apical process; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly before midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate and broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing a broad and elongate apical cornutus; cornutus with a slightly shortened side, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Est[ación] La Carsona,
1520 m
, Res[erva] Biol[ógica] Monteverde, Prov[incia] Puntarenas,
COSTA
RICA
, N. Obando,
Ene.
1992
, LN
253250
,
449700
”,
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
922216
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
830
” [yellow label].
MAP 7.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera corniculae
() and
G. te rr ae
().
Distribution (
Map
7
):
Glyphidocera corniculae
is known from one collecting site in the cloud forests of Monteverde in westcentral
Costa Rica
along the southern part of the Cordillera de Tilarán.
Etymology: The species name
corniculae
is from the Latin “cornicula” meaning a little cow.