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 arakawae
,
new species
(Figs.
15–17, 292
,
Map
3
)
Diagnosis.— Relationships between
Glyphidocera arakawae
and other species of
Glyphidocera
are difficult to determine because of the unique features it possesses that include a narrow uncus and gnathos, a straight and wide digitate process of the valva, an angular apicoventral margin of valva, a straight lower margin of the distal valva, a short row of sex scales on dorsolateral membrane between abdominal terga
2–3 in
male, and a dense cluster of piliform sex scales on dorsolateral membrane between abdominal terga
3–4 in
the male.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale yellow; outer surface of labial palpus pale yellow intermixed with darkbrown scales or segment I and segment II dark brown and segment III dark brown intermixed with few paleyellow scales, inner surface pale yellow; scape of antenna dark brown intermixed with paleyellow scales or pale yellow intermixed with few darkbrown scales, flagellomeres with alternating bands of paleyellow and brown scales; male
4
th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a narrow and deep concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres
5–6
; distal opening of concavity nearly closed by setiform scales on apex of
4
th flagellomere; proboscis pale yellow.
Thorax: Tegula brown basally, pale yellow apically; mesonotum pale yellow. Foreleg dark brown with paleyellow scales near apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres, pterothoracic legs pale yellow. Forewing (Fig.
292
): Length
5.1
–7.0 mm (n =
6
), pale yellow intermixed with darkbrown scales; costal margin mostly dark brown intermixed with paleyellow scales,
1
large, darkbrown spot near middle of R
1
; base of Radius with
2
short, darkbrown streaks; cell with
2
large darkbrown spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end; termen and outer margin pale yellow or mostly dark brown, with
2–3
marginal spots from subapical area. Undersurface pale brownish gray. Hindwing: Pale brownish gray.
Abdomen (Fig.
15
): Male with two short rows, of
6–8
sex scales each, on dorsolateral part of intersegmental area between terga
2–3
, and two dense clusters of piliform scales on dorsolateral part of intersegmental area between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
16–17
): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted near
2
/
3
length, forming a slightly widened, setose apex; gnathos setose, protuberant, narrow throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing slightly beneath base of uncus; valva short, narrow, parallelsided from distal sacculus to apcal furca; furca attenuate; base of costa with a decumbent digitate process; sacculus weakly twisted apically, slightly constricting valva near midlength; cucullus membranous and sparsely setose; vesica of aedeagus, denticulate, bearing a slightly narrowed and elongate, apical cornutus; cornutus with one side slightly shortened, 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
, Jul. a
14
,
Ago.
1992
, LN
330200
,
380200
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
867250
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
774
” [yellow label].
Paratypes
(
6
ɗ):
1
ɗ, Same label data as above except, “
CRI
000,
700177
”, “Slide No.
758
”;
1
ɗ, “Est. Cacao,
1000–1400 m
,
Lado
SO Vol. Cacao, P.N.G., Prov. Guan.,
COSTA
RICA
, C. Chaves,
Set.
1991
, LN
323300
,
375700
”, “
CRI
000,
357381
”, “Slide No.
951
”;
1
ɗ, “Est. Cacao, Prov. Guana.,
COSTA
RICA
,
1100 m
,
11–18
Feb.
1995
, B. Gamboa, L N
323100
,
375800
, #
4737
”, “
CRI
002,
187621
”; “Slide No.
943
”;
2
ɗ, “Est. La Casona,
1520 m
, Res. Biol. Monteverde, Prov. Puntarenas,
COSTA
RICA
,
Jun
1992
, N. Obando, LN
253250
,
449700
”; “
CRI
000,
691658
”, “Slide No.
832
”;
CRI
000,
691716
”, “Slide No.
833
”;
1
ɗ, “
Jul
1993
, #
2287
”, “
CRI
001,
130707
”, “Slide No.
831
”, (
3 in
INBio
,
3 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
3
):
Glyphidocera arakawae
is known from four collecting sitesin
Costa Rica
; three approximate sites in the northwest along the Cordillera de Guanacaste, and one collecting site along the Cordillera de Tilarán in the westcentral part of the country.
MAP 3.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera arakawae
(). Outlying circles indicate multiple adjacent localities.
Etymology:
Glyphidocera arakawae
is named in honor of Kuniko Arakawa, who provided the illustrations of the genitalia for this revision.