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 coquae
,
new species
(Figs.
261–263, 374
,
Map
47
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera coquae
,
G. sollertiae
, and
G. gloriae
share abdominal sex scales between terga
2–3 in
the male, a densely setose gnathos, an angular dorsal furca of the valval costa, and an elongate apical cornutus of the aedeagus. However,
G. coquae
differs from the latter two species by having a wider and more angular valval cucullus, a larger ventral furca of the valval costa, and a narrower apical cornutus of the aedeagus.
Description.— Head: Scales on vertex and frontoclypeus grayish brown tipped with pale grayish brown; outer surface of labial palpus dark brown intermixed with brown and few palebrown scales along apical margin of segment II; inner margin pale brown intermixed with few brown scales; scale of antenna dark brown intermixed with few palebrown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of brown and pale grayishbrown scales; male
4
th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres
5–6
; concavity nearly closed by a digitate protuberance of
4
th flagellomere; proboscis grayish brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum grayish brown. Legs grayish brown intermixed with pale grayishbrown scales along apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
374
): Length
6.4
–7.0 mm (n =
3
), grayish brown intermixed with palebrown and brown scales; cell with
2
large, faint spots,
1
spot near middle,
1
spot near distal end. Undersurface grayish brown. Hindwing: Grayish brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
261
): Male with
4
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
2–3
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
262–263
): Uncus elongate, broadly constricted near
1
/
3
, slightly widened apically, apex narrowly rounded and setose; gnathos densely setose, protuberant, widened throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent from a wide base, extending dorsally, gradually widening to base of uncus; costa of valva slightly emarginate broadly from a shallow depression beyond a slightly slanted, basal, digitate process to dorsal furca; apex bifurcate; dorsal furca upturned along basal
1
/
3
, angled laterally, forming an aristate apex; furcae parallel, about equal in size; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly before midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate, broadly rounded, and distally protracted cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing an elongate and narrow, apical cornutus; cornutus with one side shortened near
1
/
3
length, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “F[in]ca Cafrosa, Est[ación] Las Mellizas, P[arque] N[acional] Amistad,
1300 m
, Prov[incia] Punt[arenas],
COSTA
RICA
, M. Ramirez & G. Mora,
Oct.
1990
, LS
316100
,
596100
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
182740
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
669
” [yellow label].
Paratypes
(
2
ɗ): Same label data as
holotype
except, “
CRI
000, 068113”, “Slide No.
670
”; “M. Ramirez, May,
1991
”, “
CRI
000,
456879
”, “Slide No.
671
”, (
1 in
INBio
,
1 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
47
):
Glyphidocera coquae
is known from one collecting site along the southeastern border of
Costa Rica
near
Panama
.
Etymology: The species epithet
coquae
is derived from the Latin word for cook coqua.