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 diciae
,
new species
(Figs.
129–131, 330
,
Map
24
)
Diagnosis.— Relationships between
Glyphidocera diciae
and its congeners are difficult to determine because of the unique combinations of features possessed by the former that include, with
4
irregular transverse rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
2–3 in
male, one transverse row of sex scales between terga
3–4 in
male [sex scales between terga
2–3
about twice diameter of sex scales between terga
3–4
], dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent from a widened base fusing dorsally near
1
/
3
distance between posteroventral margin and base of uncus, and a small toothlike process between the furcal bifurcation of the costal valva.
Description.— Head: Marginal scales of vertex and frontoclypeus dark brown, median scales dark brown tipped with grayish yellow; outer surface of labial palpus dark brown with few grayishyellow scales to near apical margin of segment II, inner surface dark brown intermixed with grayishyellow scales mostly along apical margin of segment II, and basal margin of segment III; scape of antenna dark brown, with grayishyellow scales along apical margin; basal
4
flagellomeres dark brown, remaining flagellomeres brown; male
4
th flagellomere distally dilated, protuberant and curved, forming a shallow concavity opposite deeply excavated flagellomeres
5–6
; concavity nearly closed by setiform scales on apex of protuberance of
4
th flagellomere; proboscis dark brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum dark brown intermixed with darkbrown scales tipped with brown. Foreleg and midleg dark brown intermixed with grayishyellow scales along apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres; hindleg as above except, tarsomeres grayish yellow. Forewing (Fig.
330
): Length
8.1 mm
(n =
1
), dark brown intermixed with grayishyellow scales; cell with
2
darkbrown spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end. Undersurface brown intermixed with grayishyellow scales along costa. Hindwing: Brown intermixed with sparse rows of narrow, spatulate, pale grayishbrown scales.
Abdomen (Fig.
129
): Male with
4
irregular, transverse rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
2–3
and with
1
irregular, transverse row of sex scales between terga
3–4
. Sex scales between terga
2–3
about twice diameter of sex scales between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
130–131
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted near midlength, broadly rounded apically, apex narrowly rounded and setose; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, apex emarginate medially; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut with arms convergent from a wide base, fusing at
1
/
3
length, dorsally extending widely to base of uncus; costa of valva slightly emarginate medially from a shallow depression beyond a basal, digitate process to a slightly upturned dorsal furca; apex widely bifurcate, with a small medial toothlike process between furcae; furcae divergent, equal in size; base of costa bearing a digitate process, abruptly downturned apically; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly near midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose, with a narrow outer margin; vesica of aedeagus with with several small, stout, conical cornuti, and bearing an elongate, apical cornutus; cornutus with one side shortened near midlength, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Est[ación] Cacao, Prov[incia] Guana[caste],
COSTA
RICA
,
1100 m
,
7– 18
Feb.
1995
, M. Madrigal, LN
323100
,
375800
, #
4709
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
002,
187125
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
941
” [yellow label].
Distribution (
Map
24
):
Glyphidocera diciae
is known from a single collecting site in northwestern
Costa Rica
along the Cordillera de Guanacaste.
MAP 24.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera diciae
() and
G. comae
(). Outlying circles indicate adjacent multiple localities.
Etymology: The species epithet
diciae
is derived from the Latin “dicia,” meaning power.