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 adrogantiae
,
new species
(Figs.
45–47, 301
,
Map
8
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera adrogantiae
,
G. f a e c i s
, and
G. aediculae
share an abdomen with sex scales between terga
2–3
and terga
3–4 in
male, a similar sized gnathos, an upturned costal furca of the valva, a wide cucullus of the valva, and a relatively small apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica. However,
G. adrogantiae
differs from the latter by having fewer setae on the gnathos, a larger costal furca of the valva, and a wider cucullus of the valva.
Description.— Head: Scales of vertex and frontoclypeus brown tipped with pale brown; outer surface of labial palpus brown intermixed with few palebrown scales, segment II with palebrown scales along apical margin; inner surface of labial palpus pale brown intermixed with few brown scales; scape of antenna brown intermixed with few palebrown scales, flagellum brown; male
4
th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a shallow concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres
5–6
; distal opening of concavity nearly closed by setiform scales on apex of
4
th flagellomere; proboscis brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brown. Legs brown intermixed with few palebrown scales along apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
301
): Length
7.2–7.8 mm
(n =
3
), brown intermixed with palebrown and brownishyellow scales; cell with
2
large brown spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end. Undersurface brown except costa brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales. Hindwing: Pale brown
Abdomen (Fig.
45
): Male with
3
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
2–3
and terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
46–47
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted slightly near midlength, apex broadly rounded and sparsely setose; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, moderately wide throughout length, apex upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms fused medially and narrowly, extending from posteroventral margin to base of uncus; costa of valva slightly rounded from a shallow depression beyond a slanted, basal digitate process to apical furca; furca acuminate, slightly upturned; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva near midlength, widening distoventrally forming a broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing a large conical, apical cornutus; cornutus abruptly widened basally, with one side shortened, exposing a large, hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Est[ación] Cacao,
1000–1400 m
,
Lado
Suroeste del Volcán Cacao, Prov[incia] Guan[acaste],
COSTA
RICA
, C. Chaves,
23
Oct.–
9
Nov.
1990
, LN
323300
,
375700
”,
INBIO
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
316051
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
939
” [yellow label] (
1 in
INBio
,
1 in
USNM
).
Paratypes
(
2
ɗ):
1
ɗ, Same label data as
holotype
except, “
CRI
000,
576658
”, “Slide No.
950
”;
1
ɗ,
25
Set.–
11
Oct.
1990
”, “
CRI
000,
639876
”, “Slide No.
948
.” (
1 in
INBio
,
1 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
8
):
Glyphidocera adrogantiae
is known from one collecting site in northwestern
Costa Rica
along the Cordillera de Guanacaste.
Etymology: The species epithet
adrogantiae
is derived from the Latin word for pride adrogantia.