Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae)
Author
Adamski, David
text
Zootaxa
2013
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journal article
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Hypatopa verax
Adamski
,
new species
(
Figs. 195–196
,
384
, Map 39)
Diagnosis.—
Hypatopa verax
is similar to
H. texla
in facies but differs from the latter by having a narrower and slightly curved apical process of the ventral part of the valva; and a narrower digitate process of the dorsal part of the valva.
H. verax
also has a mesially emarginate ventroposterior margin of the gnathos; a slightly widened base of the phallus; a digitate process of the dorsal part of the valva that is broadly curved apically from a geniculate basal part; and an anellus that is broadly rounded apically that are lacking in
H. texla
.
Description.—Head: Scales on vertex and frontoclypeus grayish-brown tipped with pale grayish brown. Outer surface of labial palpus brown intermixed with pale-brown scales along apical margins of segments 1–2; inner surface pale brown intermixed with few brown scales. Antennal scape and pecten grayish brown, flagellum gray. Proboscis pale grayish brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brown. Legs brown intermixed with pale-brown scales near midsegments and along apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (
Fig. 384
): Length 4.0–4.5 mm (n = 2), brown intermixed with pale-brown scales; submedian fascia complete; cell with three dark-brown spots, one near middle, two on apical end along crossvein; marginal spots brown. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Translucent pale brown.
Abdomen: Male genitalia (
Figs. 195–196
): Uncus gradually narrowed from broadly rounded base, slightly curved ventrally, narrowly rounded apically, sparsely setose, shorter than width of anal opening. Gnathos, thin band, confluent with tegumen; ventroposterior margin narrowly emarginate mesially. Sockets of tergal setae not extending to midlength of tegumen. Valva divided; ventral part projecting inwardly, gradually widened near middle, narrowing apically, forming inwardly curved apical process; process slightly curved, setose on outer surface, planate on inner surface; ventral margin slightly upturned beyond middle, forming narrow fold to near small, setose lobe at base of apical process; dorsal part with apical portion of costa extending dorsolaterally, forming setose digitate process; process broadly curved inwardly, narrowed basally, gradually widening to rounded apex; basal ridge of digitate process extending ventrally fusing with dorsal ridge of proximal flange; flange semicircular, sparsely microtrichiate on upper 1/4, densely setose on lower 3/4; ventral margin entire, lateral margin serrate. Juxta bandlike. Vinculum semicircular. Phallus and sclerite of phallus longer than valva; phallus shallowly curved, sclerite of phallus broadly curved apically from acutely curved basally part; anellus parallelsided from widened base, broadly rounded apically, setose. Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, 3, “Est[ación] Cacao,
1000–1400 m
,
Lado
SO Vol[can] Cacao, P[arque] N[acional] Guan[acaste], Prov[incia] Guanacaste,
COSTA RICA
, C. Moraga, P. Ríos,
21 a 29 May 1992
, L-N-323300, 375700, “INBio:
COSTA RICA
: CRI000, 411959 [barcode label], “INBio, 3 Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 2265 [yellow label].
Paratype
(1 3): same data as for
holotype
except, “C. Chaves, Abr., 1991, “CRI000, 434815, “Slide No. 2250, “USNM 83989 [
1 in
USNM].
Distribution (Map 39).
Hypatopa verax
is known from one collecting site on the western most part of the Cordillera de Guanacaste in northwestern
Costa Rica
.
Etymology. The specific epithet
verax
is derived from the Latin meaning, truthful.