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 novercae , new species (Figs. 171–173, 344 , Map 31 ) Diagnosis.— Glyphidocera novercae is most similar to G. tibiae but differs from the latter by having sex scales between abdominal terga 2–3 in male, a narrower dorsal furca of the valval costa, and a more protuberant ventral furca. Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale brownish yellow; outer surface of labial palpus with segments I–II brown intermixed with pale brownish­yellow scales, segment III pale brownish yellow; inner surface pale brownish yellow; scape of antenna pale brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of pale brownish­yellow and pale­brown scales; male 4 th flagellum 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 4 th flagellomere; proboscis pale brownish yellow. Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brownish yellow. Foreleg and midleg brown intermixed with pale brownish­yellow scales to near apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres or pale brownish yellow; hindleg pale brownish yellow. Forewing (Fig. 344 ): Length 6.1 –8.0 mm (n = 9 ), pale brownish yellow intermixed with brown scales; cell with 2–3 brown spots, 2 spots, near middle [or coalescent, forming one large spot], 1 small spot near distal end; base with a short, medial streak present or absent [rubbed specimens with all spots absent]. Undersurface brown intermixed with pale brownish­yellow scales along costa. Hindwing: Pale yellow. Abdomen (Fig. 171 ): Male with 3 irregular rows of sex scales within median area between terga 2–3 , and 4 transverse, irregular rows of sex scales between terga 3–4 . Male Genitalia (Figs. 172–173 ): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted near 1 / 3 , widened apically; apex setose, acuninate, and recurved; gnathos setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing from posteroventral margin, extending widely to base of uncus; costa of valva slightly sloped dorsally from a shallow depression beyond a basal, digitate process to an upturned dorsal furca; apex widely bifurcate, each furca divergent; dorsal furca about twice length of ventral furca; ventral furca about twice as wide as dorsal furca; sacculus twisted apically constricting valva slightly beyond midlength, widening distoventrally forming an angular­shaped cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica denticulate, bearing an elongate, and narrow apical cornutus; cornutus with one side shortened near midlength, exposing a hollow, basal cavity. Female Genitalia: Unknown. Holotype , ɗ, “Est[ación] Pitilla, 700 m , 9 km , S S[an]ta Cecilia, P[arque] N[acional] Guanacaste, Prov[incia] Guanacaste, COSTA RICA , C. Moraga, 2–9 Mar. 1992 , L­N­ 330200 , 380200 ”, “ INBio : COSTA RICA : CRI 000, 414812 ” [bar code label], “ INBio , ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 751 ” [yellow label]. Paratypes ( 8 ɗ): 3 ɗ, Same label data as holotyoe except, “ Abr. 1991 ”, “ CRI 000, 484628 ”, “Slide No. 956 ”; “ Jul. 1991 ”, “ CRI 000, 300183 ”, “Slide No. 958 ”; “ Ene. 1995 , L­N­329950, 380450, # 4354 ”, “ CRI 002, 131713 ”, “Slide No. 957 ”; 1 ɗ, “Monumento Nacional Guayabo, Amistad, Prov. Carta., COSTA RICA , 1100 m , Jun. 1994 , G. Fonseca, L­N­ 217400 , 570000 , # 2989 ”, “ CRI 001, 880995 ”, “Slide No. 814 ”; 2 ɗ, “ COSTA RICA , Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva, 50–150 m , 10 ° 26 'N , 84 °01'W , Jan. 1996 , INBio­OET”, “ 13 Ene. 1996 , Bosque primario, L0010”, “ CRI 001, 219541 ”, “Slide No. 982 ”; “ 17 Abril 1996 , L/04/ 218 , Biblioteca”, “ CRI 002, 060458 ”, “Slide No. 979 ”; 2 ɗ, “Est. Sirena, P.N. Corcovado, 0–100 m , Prov. Punt., COSTA RICA , G. Fonseca, Nov. 1990 , L­S­ 270500 , 508300 ”, “ CRI 000, 445864 ”, “Slide No. 813 ”; “ Oct. 1990 ”, “ CRI 000, 179015 ”, ( 4 in INBio , 4 in USNM ). Distribution ( Map 31 ): Glyphidocera novercae is known from five collecting sites in Costa Rica ; two nearby sites in the northwest along the Cordillera de Guanacaste, two sites in the north­central part of the country along the Cordillera Central, and one coastal site in the southeast. MAP 31. Distribution of Glyphidocera novercae (). Outlying circles indicate multiple adjacent localities. Etymology: The species epithet novercae is derived from the Latin word for stepmother ­ noverca.