Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae)
Author
DAVID ADAMSKI
text
Zootaxa
2005
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170793
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170793
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Glyphidocera vestita
Walsingham
1911
(Figs.
225–227, 362
,
Map
41
)
Glyphidocera vestita
Walsingham,
1911
:
112
;
Becker
1984
:
41
(checklist).
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera vestita
is most similar to
G. speculae
but differs by having fewer rows of sex scales between terga
2–3
on the abdomen of the male, a tegumen that is wider basally, a narrower costal furcae of valva, a more protracted apicoventral margin of the valval cucullus, an apical cornutus with a bulbous base, and the presence of many spinelike cornuti on vesica of aedeagus.
Description.— Head: Scales on vertex and frontoclypeus brown tipped with pale brown; outer and inner surfaces of labial palpus brown intermixed with palebrown scales to apical margin of segment II; scape of antenna brown intermixed with few palebrown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of brown and palebrown scales; male
4
th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres
5–6
; concavity nearly closed by a few setiform scales on apex of protuberance of
4
th flagellomere; proboscis brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum with brown scales tipped with pale brown or brown. Legs brown intermixed with palebrown to apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
362
): Length
5.5–6.1 mm
(n =
14
), brown intermixed with palebrown scales and few brownishyellow scales; cell and surrounding areas paler than marginal areas; cell with
2
small, faint spots,
1
spot near middle,
1
spot near distal end [rubbed specimens with spots faint or absent]. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Pale brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
225
): Male with
4
transverse rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
2–3
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
226–227
): Uncus elongate, constricted near ½ length, broadly rounded and upturned apically, apex acuminate and setose; gnathos protuberant, wide throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing medially, extending dorsally, gradually widening narrowly to base of uncus; costa of valva nearly straight from a shallow depression beyond a curved, basal, digitate process to an upturned dorsal furca; apex widely bifurcate, inner margin Ushaped; dorsal furca large, falcate, ventral furca extending slightly beyond outer margin of cucullus; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly before midlength, widening distoventrally forming an broadly rounded, slightly protracted cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus with many moderately large, spinelike cornuti, and bearing a large, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus bulbous basally, with one side shortened, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Types
Examined:
Holotype
ɗ, “
Panama
: Canal Zone, Tabernilla,
VI.
1907
, A, Busck, (
5810
).
Paratype
ɗ, same label data as
holotype
except, “
33632
”, “BM Slide No.
30123
.” Other Specimens Examined: (
14
ɗ),
9
ɗ, “Sector Cerro Cocori, Finca de E. Rojas, Prov[incia] Limón,
COSTA
RICA
,
150 m
,
Set.
1993
, E. Rojas, LN
286000
,
567500
, #
2347
”, “
CRI
001,
141294
”, “Slide No.
704
”; “Ago., #
2291
”, “
CRI
001,
135862
”, “Slide No.
696
”; “Oct.”, #
2395
”, “
CRI
001,
642573
”, “Slide No.
712
”; “
Jul.
1991
”, “
CRI
000,
643115
”, “Slide No.
699
”; “
Nov.
1991
”, “
CRI
000,
460134
”, “Slide No.
708
”; “
Nov.
1991
”, “
CRI
000,
460100
”, “Slide No.
703
”; “
CRI
000,
361367
”, “Slide No.
700
”; “
Oct.
1992
”, “
CRI
000,
819733
”, “Slide No.
695
”; “
26
Jun. a
16
Jul.
1992
”, “
CRI
000,
703098
”, “Slide No.
707
”;
1
ɗ, “Est. Cuatro Esquinas, P. N. Tortuguero, 0 m, Prov. Limón,
COSTA
RICA
, J. Solano,
Oct.
1990
, LN
280000
,
590500
”, “Slide No.
850
”;
1
ɗ, “Estacion Pitilla,
9 km
S de Santa Cecilia, Prov. Guana.,
COSTA
RICA
,
700 m
,
4–24
Abr.
1995
, M. Moraga, LN329950, 380450, #
4627
”, “
CRI
002,
141080
”, “Slide No.
771
”;
1
ɗ, “Est. Queb. Bonita,
50 m
, Res. Biol. Carara, Prov. Punt.,
COSTA
RICA
, R. Zuniga,
Mar.
1991
, LN194500, 469850”, “
CRI
000,
648556
”, “Slide No.
642
”;
1
ɗ, “Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Prov. Punta.,
COSTA
RICA
,
8 m
,
Oct.
1993
, G. Varela, LS
370900
,
448800
, #
2463
”, “
CRI
001,
998230
”, “Slide No.
810
”;
1
ɗ, “Est. Sirena,
0–100 m
, P. N. Corcovado, Prov. Puntarenas,
COSTA
RICA
, G. Fonseca,
May
1992
, LS
270500
,
508300
”, “
CRI
000,
914883
”, “Slide No.
793
”, (
7 in
INBio
,
6 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
41
): In
Costa Rica
,
Glyphidocera vestita
is known from northwestern to northcentral
Costa Rica
, south to the Pacific Coast from the Province of San José east to Puntarenas.
G. vestita
is also known from
Panamá
(Walsingham,
1911
).