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 dictionis
,
new species
(Figs.
75–77, 279, 312
,
Map
14
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera dictionis
is similar to
G. brumae
but differs from the latter by having a smaller gnathos, a shorter apical furca of the valval costa, and a broader outer margin of the valval cucullus.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale brownish yellow; outer and inner surfaces of labial palpus pale brownish yellow; scape and flagellum of antenna pale brownish yellow; male
4
th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a shallow 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 brownish yellow.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brownish yellow. Legs pale brownish yellow. Forewing (Fig.
312
): Length
6.3–7.5 mm
(n =
10
), pale brownish yellow intermixed with brown scales; costal margin and distal
1
/
4
brown intermixed with few pale brownishyellow scales; cell with
2
large spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end [some specimens with spots faint or missing]; marginal spots present or absent. Undersurface pale brown except, costal margin pale brownish yellow. Hindwing: Grayish brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
75
): Male with
2
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga
2–3
, and two small, ellipticalshaped clusters of sex scales on dorsolateral surface of intersegmental area between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
76–77
): Uncus elongate, slightly constricted broadly near
1
/
3
, apically rounded, abruptly dilated subapically, tapering to a short, narrowly rounded and setose apex; gnathos setose, protuberant, narrow throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent from a wide base, fusing near
2
/
3
length from posteroventral margin of tegumen to base of uncus; costa of valva broadly emarginate medially; apical furca acuminate, upturned; base of costa bearing a slightly downturned digitate process; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly before midlength, widened distoventrally, forming an elongate and broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose, with outer margin short and slightly rounded; vesica sparsely denticulate, bearing a moderately large, crescentshaped cornutus; cornutus dilated basally, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia (Fig.
279
): Papillae anales elongate, slightly wider basally than apically; apophysis posterioris and apophysis posterioris about equal in length; eighth sternum narrower than eighth tergum; posterior margin of eighth sternum broadly rounded, anterior margin slightly emarginate; posterior margin of eighth tergun broadly emarginate, anterior margin broadly rounded; antrum subtriangular, greatly enlarged posteriorly from a constricted anterior part, posterior margin nearly straight, posterolateral margin angular; anterior part of antrum with a pair of elongate, spinelike processes inside cavity formed from outer wall; ductus bursae short; corpus bursae sparsely denticulate posteriorly, slightly enlarged anteriorly; inception of ductus seminalis widened basally from posterior part of corpus bursae, about
8
coiled, each coil gradually decreasing in diameter for base to apex; ductus seminalis with a short, basal, internal,
4
coil support on side opposite an elongate, internal plate.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Sector Cerro Cocori, F[in]ca de E. Rojas,
150 m
, Prov[incia] Limón,
COSTA
RICA
,
26
Jun. a
16
Jul.
1992
, E. Rojas, LN
286000
,
567500
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
703073
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, Sex ɗ, No.
478
” [yellow label].
Paratypes
(
7
ɗ,
2
Ψ):
1
ɗ, Same label data as
holotype
except, “
CRI
000,
703224
”, “Slide No.
483
”;
3
ɗ, “
Dic.
1991
”, “
CRI
000,
361254
”, “Slide No.
487
”, “ɗ Wing Slide No.
487
a”;
1
ɗ, “
May
1992
”, “
CRI
000,
373535
”, “Slide No.
477
”;
1
Ψ, “Mar,
1992
”, “
CRI
000,
363663
”, “Slide No.
475
”,
1
ɗ, “Cerro Tortuguero, P. N. Tortuguero,
0–100 m
, Prov. Limón,
COSTA
RICA
, J. Solano,
Abr.
1991
, LN
285000
,
588000
”, “CI000,
444307
”, “Slide No.
598
”;
1
ɗ, “Est. Pitilla,
700 m
,
9 km
S Sta. Cecilia, P. N. Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste,
COSTA
RICA
, C. Moraga,
2–9
Mar.
1992
, LN
330200
,
380200
”, “
CRI
000,
414816
”, “Slide No.
761
”;
1
ɗ, “R. Rios,
Mar.
1991
”; “
CRI
000,
450298
”, “Slide No.
480
”;
1
ɗ, Est. Cacao, Prov. Guana.,
COSTA
RICA
,
8–18
Feb.
1995
, L. Angulo, LN
323700
,
376700
, #
4673
”, “
CRI
002,
185636
”, “Slide No.
945
”;
1
Ψ, “Est. Sirena, P. N. Corcovado, P.N. Corcovado, Osa, Prov. Punta.,
COSTA
RICA
,
1–100 m
,
Ene.
1994
, G. Fonseca, LS
270500
,
508300
, #
2551
”, “
CRI
001,
843233
”, “Slide No.
476
”, (
6 in
INBio
,
3 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
14
):
Glyphidocera dictionis
is known from five collecting sites in
Costa Rica
; two nearby sites in the northwest along the Cordillera de Guanacaste, two sites in northcentral part of the country along the Caribbean Coast, and a single site in the southeast along the Pacific Coast.
MAP 14.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera dictionis
().
Etymology: The specific epithet
dictionis
is derived from the Latin “diction,” meaning speech.