Chlamydastis Meyrick of Costa Rica: barcodes, biology, and descriptions of 36 new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae)
Author
Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie
Dry Forest Conservation Fund, Sector Santa Rosa, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, phillipsrodriguez @ gmail. com urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 798045 C-A 872 - 4 F 6 A- 82 F 4 - 5 AC 78 A 04 DDA 3
Author
Brown, John W.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA tortricidae. jwb @ gmail. com urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 3 C 52 FC 4 E-E 988 - 4 AD 6 - B 0 D 1 - 9 A 5 CA 74 CB 24 C
Author
Hallwachs, Winnie
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Author
Janzen, Daniel H.
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
text
Insecta Mundi
2021
2021-05-28
2021
868
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5042023
1942-1354
5042023
1738B3CE-22AC-409B-9B04-DAD91322B278
Chlamydastis paulhansoni
Phillips and Brown
,
new species
Figures 20
,
67
Holotype
.
Male
,
Costa Rica
,
Puntarenas
,
Area de Conservación Osa
,
Los Charcos
,
1 km
E de Banegas
,
50 m
,
6.x.2010
,
E. Phillips
, INB0004269423,
GenBank
accession code
MH827052
(
MNCR-A
).
Paratypes
(
15♂
). See Appendix 1.
Diagnosis.
Chlamydastis paulhansoni
is most similar to the Costa Rican species
C. elenaulateae
and
C. gladysrojasae
and the Peruvian species
C. chlorosticta
(TL: Chanchamayo,
Perú
). It can be distinguished from the last by its smaller forewing length (
10.1 mm
in
C. paulhansoni
, 15.0 mm in
C
.
chlorosticta
), its paler hindwing color (grayish brown in
C. paulhansoni
, dark brown in
C
.
chlorosticta
), and its more extensive green scaling (less green scaling in
C
.
chlorosticta
).
Chlamydastis paulhansoni
can be distinguished from
C. elenaulateae
by its longer gnathos and narrower and less deeply emarginated apex of the uncus.
Chlamydastis chlorosticta
was described from the
holotype
female illustrated by
Clarke (1955: 183)
that lacks its abdomen. Hence, for comparison of this species to
C. paulhansoni
, we used a male from the type locality of
C. chlorosticta
deposited in the USNM. The most conspicuous difference in the male genitalia bewteen
C. paulhansoni
and
C. chlorosticta
are the lateral processes of the juxta, which are uniform in width in the specimen from
Perú
(i.e.,
C. chlorosticta
) in contrast to those of
C. paulhansoni
that are broadened at each end.
Description.
MALE (
Fig. 20
).
Head
. Frons and vertex cream, collar brownish; labial palpus with first and second segment brownish, third segment paler; antenna with sensory setae ca. 1.5 times width of flagellomere.
Thorax
. Base of tegulae and anterior margin of prothorax brownish, mesothorax pale brown, metathorax pale brown with a semicircular blotch of green scales on posterior end. FW length
9.6–10.1 mm
; FW brown with faint olive green overscaling on most of wing; brown in costal 0.5, with faint black lines along veins; slightly paler in lower 0.5, without lines along veins; a small green spot near premedial line.
Abdomen
. Dorsum pale brown, venter darker with paired, tiny cream spots on A4–7. Genitalia (
Fig. 67
) with uncus long, slender, emarginated apically; valva ovate, with rounded apex, strongly veined, with dense cluster of specialized setae near mid-costa; sacculus short, rhomboidal, with a free distal end, confined to basal 0.15 of valva; juxta with slender, slightly apically-dilated lateral processes; phallus nearly straight with long, slender sclerite in vesica.
FEMALE. Unknown.
DNA barcodes.
The three barcodes of
C
.
paulhansoni
are identical and form a uniform BIN (BOLD:ABU9416) with a distance of 3.85% to the nearest neighbor,
C. elenaulateae
.
Distribution.
Chlamydastis paulhansoni
is only known from the lowlands of the Península de Osa in southern
Costa Rica
.
Biology.
The immature stages and larva are unknown.
Etymology.
Chlamydastis paulhansoni
is named in honor of Paul Hanson in recognition of his taxonomic contributions to the national biodiversity inventory of
Costa Rica
.