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 caveae
,
new species
(Figs.
174–176, 345
, Map
32
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera caveae
is most similar to
G. s t a e r a e
but differs from the latter by having a wider digitate process of valva, more widely separate costal furcae of the valva, a wider valval cucullus, and a stout apical curnutus of the aedeagal vesica.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale yellowish brown; labial palpus with outer surface of segments I–II brown intermixed with pale yellowishbrown scales to near apical margin, segment III brown intermixed with pale yellowishbrown scales; inner surface pale yellowish brown intermixed with few brown scales; scape of antenna pale yellowish brown intermixed with few brown and darkbrown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of pale yellowishbrown and palebrown scales;
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 yellowish brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale yellowish brown. Legs pale brown intermixed with pale yellowishbrown scales to apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
345
): Length
8.1 mm
(n =
1
), pale yellowish brown intermixed with reddishbrown and darkbrown scales; several darkbrown spots within cell;
1
spot near base,
2
spots in recurrent line near middle, and
2
spots in diagonal line on distal end; marginal spots present or absent. Undersurface pale brown. Hindwing: Pale brown, with pale yellowishbrown scales on anal area.
Abdomen (Fig.
174
): Male with two short, irregular rows of sex scales on medial intersegmental area between terga
2–3
, and two transverse rows of sex scales between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
175–176
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, constricted near middle, apical
1
/
2
triangularshaped, apex setose, acuminate, and slightly recurved; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly narrowed basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent and fused, atrophied dorsally; valva with costa gradually upturned from a shallow depression beyond a slightly curved, basal, digitate process to dorsal furca; apex widely bifurcate, dorsal furca narrower than ventral furca; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva near midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate and angular cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing a moderately long, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus with a shortened side near midlength, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Estac[ión] Pitilla,
700 m
,
9 km
S Santa Cecilia, Guanac[aste] P[a]r[que],
COSTA
RICA
,
Dic.
1989
, C. Moraga & P. Rios, LN
330200
,
380200
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
190629
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
955
” [yellow label].
Distribution (Map
32
):
Glyphidocera caveae
is known from one collecting site in northwestern
Costa Rica
along the Cordillera de Guanacaste.
Etymology: The specific epithet
caveae
is derived from “cavea,” the Latin word for cavity.
MAP
32
.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera caveae
() and
G. s t a e r a e
().