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 eminetiae
,
new species
(Figs.
90–92, 317
,
Map
17
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera eminetiae
is similar to
G. gemmae
but differs from the latter by having an upturned apical furca of the valval costa, a more angular distal part of the valva, and a smaller apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale brownish yellow; outer surface of labial palpus pale brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales, inner surface pale brownish yellow; scape of antenna pale brownish yellow, flagellum with alternating bands of pale brownishyellow and brown scales; male
4
th flagellomere 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 protuberance of
4
th flagellomere; proboscis pale brownish yellow.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales. Legs pale brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales. Forewing (Fig.
317
): Length
6.2–7.6 mm
(n =
11
), pale brownish yellow intermixed with brown scales; costa and distal
1
/
4
darker patterned; cell with
2
large spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end [some specimens with some or all spots absent]. Undersurface brownish gray. Hindwing: Pale brownish gray.
Abdomen (Fig.
90
): Male with
3–4
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 membrane between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
91–92
): Uncus elongate, wide basally, broadly constricted near
2
/
3
, apically widened, tapering to an acuminate and setose apex; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, narrow throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing about
2
/
3
distance from posteroventral margin of tegumen, gradually widening dorsally to base of uncus; costa of valva nearly straight from base to subapical part; apical furca, acuminate, and slightly upturned; base of costa bearing a slanted digitate process; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva near midlength, distoventrally forming a broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica sparsely spinulate, bearing a short, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus shortened on one side, 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,
31
Mar.–
15
Abr.
1992
, L N
330200
,
380200
”, “
INBio
,
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
725144
” [bar code label], “
INBio
, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No.
756
” [yellow label].
Paratypes
(
10
ɗ):
6
ɗ, Same label data as
holotype
except, “
2–9
Mar.
1992
”, “
CRI
000,
414805
”, “Slide No.
769
”, “
CRI
000,414789”, “Slide No.
770
”; “
3–9
Feb.
1992
”, “
CRI
000,
537631
”, “Slide No.
762
”; “
Jul.
1991
, “
CRI
000,
300184
”, “
PARATYPE
,
Glyphidocera guaroa
Adamski
”, “Slide No.
1075
”; “
10
Set.
22
Oct
1990
”, “
CRI
000,
628172
”, “Slide No.
757
”;
Ene
1995
, C. Moraga, LN329950, 380450, #
4354
”, “
CRI
002,
131715
”, “
PARATYPE
,
Glyphidocera guaroa
Adamski
”, “Slide No.
1076
”;
2
ɗ, “
COSTA
RICA
, Heredia, Est. Biológica, La Selva,
50–150 m
,
10
°
26
'N
,
84
°01'W
, Apr.
1996
, INBioOET”,
22
Abril
1996
, L/00/
221
, CES
200 m
”, “
CRI
002,
061202
”, “ Slide No.
869
”; “
13
Marzo
1996
, L/00/
184
, Sura
350 m
”, “
CRI
002, 058005”, “Slide No.
871
”;
1
ɗ, “Est. Magsasay, P. N. Braulio Carrillo,
200 m
, Prov. Here.,
COSTA
RICA
, R. Aguilar,
Abr.
1991
, LN
264000
,
531100
”, “
CRI
000,
275070
”, “
PARATYPE
,
Glyphidocera guaroa
Adamski”, “Slide No.
1067
”;
1
ɗ, “Sector Cerro Cocori, Fca. de E. Rojas,
150 m
, Prov.
Limón,
COSTA
RICA
,
Feb.
1993
,
E
.
Rojas, LN
286000
,
567500
”, “
PARATYPE
,
Glyphidocera guaroa
Adamski”, “Slide No.
1036
”, (
5 in
INBio
,
5 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
17
):
Glyphidocera eminetiae
is known from five collecting sites in northern
Costa Rica
; two nearby sites in the northwest along the Cordillera de Guanacaste, two nearby sites in the northcentral part of the country along the Cordillera Central, and one site half way between Tortuguero and Barra del Colorado.
MAP 17.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera
eminetiae
(). Outlying circles indicate multiple adjacent localities.
Etymology: The species epithet
eminetiae
is derived from the Latin “eminetia,” meaning prominence.