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 speculae
,
new species
(Figs.
228–230, 363
,
Map
42
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera speculae
is most similar to
G. vestita
but differs from the latter by having an abdomen with more rows of sex scales between terga
2–3 in
male, a tegumen that is narrower basally, wider costal furcae of valva, a more angular apicoventral margin of cucullus, and an apical cornutus without a bulbous base, and the absence of within vesica.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale orange intermixed with few paleyellow scales; outer margin of labial palpus with segments I–II brown intermixed with paleorange scales to apical margin, segment III brown with few paleorange scales on apical half; inner surface pale orange intermixed with few brown scales; scape of antenna pale orange intermixed with few brown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of brown and paleorange 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 pale orange.
Thorax: Tegula brown basally, pale orange distally; mesonotum pale orange. Legs pale yellow intermixed with paleorange and few brown scales, pale yellow to apical margin of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
363
): Length
6.9 mm
(n =
1
), pale orange intermixed with paleyellow scales, and brown scales along costa and from near distal end of cell to margin. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Pale brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
228
): Male with
5
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental area between terga
2–3
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
229–230
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted at
1
/
3
, slightly rounded distally, apex narrowly rounded and setose; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, wide basally, gradually narrowing apically, upturned apically; tegumen narrow, slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent basally and dorsally, forming an ellipticalshaped sinus between points of constriction, dorsally atrophied; valva with costa slightly sloped from a shallow depression beyond a slanted, basal, digitate process to dorsal furca; apex widely bifurcate, furcae slightly divergent, dorsal furca large, falcate, ventral furca extending slightly beyond outer margin of cucullus; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva near midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate and slightly angular cucullus; cucullus membranous, setose; vesica denticulate, bearing a moderately large, hornlike, apical cornutus; cornutus with one side slightly shortened, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Est[ación] Sirena, P[arque] N[acional] Corcovado, Prov[incia] Punta[renas],
COSTA
RICA
,
0–100 m
,
Nov.
1993
, G. Fonseca, LS
270500
,
508300
, #
2490
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
001,
625857
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
1086
” [yellow label], “
PARATYPE
,
Glyphidocera guaroa
, Adamski
” [blue label].
Distribution (
Map
42
):
Glyphidocera speculae
is known from a single collecting site on the Osa Peninsula in southeastern
Costa Rica
.
MAP 42.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera speculae
() and
G. ambrosiae
(). Outlying circles indicate multiple adjacent localities.
Etymology: The species epithet
speculae
is derived from the Latin “specula,” meaning watchtower.