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 ciatae
,
new species
(Figs.
114–116, 325
,
Map
21
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera ciatae
is most similar to
G. l u p a e
but differs from the latter by having a wider and more setose gnathos, a longer digitate process of the valva, a wider cucullus of the valva, and a smaller apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica.
Description.— Head: Scales of vertex and frontoclypeus with brown scales tipped with pale brown; outer surface of labial palpus pale brown intermixed with few brown scales, inner surface pale brown; scape of antenna pale brown, flagellum with alternating bands of brown and palebrown scales; male
4
th flagellomere distally dilated, protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite deeply excavated flagellomeres
5–6
; concavity nearly closed by setiform scales on apex of protuberance of
4
th flagellomere; proboscis pale brown.
Thorax: Scales of tegula and mesonotum brown tipped with pale brown. Legs brown intermixed with palebrown scales to near apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
325
): Length
7.1 mm
(n =
1
), pale brown intermixed with brown scales; cell and surrounding areas paler than marginal areas. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Pale brown from base, gradually darkening to apex.
Abdomen (Fig.
114
): Male with
4
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental areas between terga
2–3
and terga
3–4
. Sex scales between terga
2–3
appear slightly larger than sex scales between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
115–116
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, slightly constricted near
1
/
3
, parallelsided apically, apex acuminate and setose; gnathos setose, protuberant, moderately wide throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent from a wide base, fusing halfway between posteroventral margin and base of uncus; valva with costa nearly straight throughout length, apical furca falcate, about as long as width of distal valva; base of costa bearing a slanted, digitate 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, with a conical cornutus; cornutus with a shortened side, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “
COSTA
RICA
, Heredia, Est[ación] Biol[ógica] La Selva,
50–150 m
,
10
°
26
'N
,
84
°01'W
,
Mar.
1996
, INBioOET” “
21
Marzo
1996
, L/04/
192
, Biblioteca”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
002, 058367” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
912
” [yellow label].
Distribution (
Map
21
):
Glyphidocera ciatae
is known from one collecting site in northcentral
Costa Rica
, north of San José.
Etymology: The species epithet
ciatae
is derived from the Latin word for box ciata.