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 zothecuale
,
new species
(Figs.
78–80, 313
,
Map
15
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera zothecuale
is most similar to
G. sardae
but differs by having a smaller gnathos, a shorter and less upturned costal furca of the valva, and a more angular outer margin of the valval cucullus.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus with grayishbrown scales tipped with pale brown; outer surface of labial palpus grayish brown intermixed with pale yellowishbrown scales to apical area of segments I–II; inner surface pale yellowish brown; scape of antenna pale yellowish brown intermixed with few grayishbrown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of pale yellowishbrown and brown scales; 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 yellowish brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum with grayishbrown scales tipped with pale brown. Legs grayish brown intermixed with yellowishbrown scales to near apical areas of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
313
): Length 8.0 mm (n =
1
), pale yellowish brown intermixed with brown and grayishbrown scales tipped with pale brown; cell and surrounding areas paler than marginal areas; cell with
2
large brown spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end. Undersurface grayish brown intermixed with yellowishbrown scales along costa. Hindwing: Pale grayish brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
78
): Male with
4
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental areas between terga
2–3
and terga
3–4
. Sex scales between terga
2–3
are slightly larger and more numerous than sex scales between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
79–80
): Uncus elongate, slightly constricted broadly near
1
/
3
, slightly rounded apically, tapering to an acuminate and setose apex; gnathos setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing near
2
/
3
length from a widened base along posteroventral margin to base of uncus; valva with costa broadly emarginate from a shallow depression beyond a basal digitate process to subapical part; subapical area slightly raised, with base of apical furca excavated; furca acuminate, slightly upturned; base of costa with a digitate process with a slightly widened base; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva near
1
/
3
length, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate and broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus sparsely denticulate, bearing a large, crescentshaped, apical cornutus; cornutus dilated basally, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “
COSTA
RICA
, Prov[incia] Limón, Est[ación] Aguas Frias,
10–20 m
,
Jun.
1997
, E. Rojas, de Luz, LN
264700
,
580300
, #
46786
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
002,
554248
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, Sex ɗ, No.
507
” [yellow label].
Distribution (
Map
15
):
Glyphidocera zothecuale
is known from one collecting site in northeastern
Costa Rica
, south of Tortuguero.
MAP 15.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera
zotheculae
() and
G. arae
().
Etymology: The species epithet
zothecuale
is derived from the Latin “zothecula,” meaning small alcove.