Taxonomic notes on the genera Brypoctia Schoorl, 1990 and Schreiteriana Fletcher & Nye, 1982 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae)
Author
Penco, Fernando C.
Author
Yakovlev, Roman V.
Author
Witt, Thomas J.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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3
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journal article
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Schreiteriana pectinicornis
(
Dyar, 1937
)
(
Figs 3
¯4, 7¯8)
Schreiteria pectinicornis
Dyar, 1937
: 1268
.
Type
locality.
Tucuman
(
Argentina
).
Type material
(syntypes) in USNM.
Distribution.
Argentina
.
Material
examined.
1 ♂
,
Argentina
,
Pilcomayo
,
12.III.1997
, leg.
J. Rumi
(GenPr MWM: 26709; MWM)
;
1 ♂
,
Argentina
,
Jardin
América
,
V.2003
, 1997, leg.
J. Rumi
(GenPr MWM: 26784; MWM)
;
1 ♂
,
Argentina
,
Missiones
,
Iguazu
,
2.X.1995
(GenPr MWM: 28544; MWM).
Description of male genitalia
. Uncus triangular, narrow, with beak-like tapered apex; gnathos arms thin, of medium length, not fused; valva leaf-like, with even costal edge, oblique upper edge, anal edge with notch in proximal third, outer edge less sclerotized than other areas of valve; juxta saddle-like with two long (in length equal to ¼ of valve) leaf-like lateral processes; saccus of medium size, semicircular; phallus short (in length equal to ½ of valve), thick; vesica with long ribbon-like sclerite in lateral surface and a scobinated area.
Taxonomical notes.
The structure of the antennae (bipectinate in proximal part and simple in distal part) and male genitalia (the reduction of the gnathos and transtilla processes, the valva of simple form, without armament, peculiar structure of the phallus, the vesica with a long ribbon-like sclerite in its lateral surface) support the placement of this taxon in the
Zeuzerinae
. It is mostly similar to the Paleotropical
Azygophleps
Hampson, 1892
(
type
species ‾
Hepialis scalaris
Fabricius, 1775
).
The authors sincerely thanks Harald Sulak for the preparing of the photo of
type
specimens in the
USNM
.
The
authors are grateful to
Anna Ustjuzhanina
(
Tomsk
,
Russia
) and Prof. Boris Kondratieff (
Fort Collins
, USA) for language improvements.