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 capsae
,
new species
(Figs.
63–65, 308
,
Map
11
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera capsae
is similar to
G. audaciae
but differs from the latter by having a wider gnathos, a wider distal part of valva, a larger costal furca of the valva, and a smaller apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica.
Description.— Head: Scales of vertex and frontoclypeus brown tipped with pale brown; outer surface of labial palpus brown intermixed with brownishyellow scales, segment II with pale brownishyellow scales along apical margin; inner surface pale brownish yellow intermixed with brown scales; scape of antenna brown intermixed with pale brownishyellow scales, flagellum with alternating bands of brown and brownishyellow 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 brown with some scales tipped with pale brown.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brown intermixed with brown scales tipped with pale brown. Legs brown intermixed with few palebrown scales to near apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig.
308
): Length
6.9
–8.0 mm (n =
12
), brown intermixed with pale brownishyellow and palebrown scales; cell and surrounding areas paler than marginal areas; cell with
2
large brown spots,
1
near middle,
1
near distal end. Undersurface brown except, costa pale yellowish brown. Hindwing: Pale brown.
Abdomen (Fig.
63
): Male with
4
transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental area between terga
2–3
and terga
3–4
. Sex scales between terga
2–3
appear slightly larger than the sex scales between terga
3–4
.
Male Genitalia (Figs.
64–65
): Uncus elongate, slightly constricted from a wide base, nearly parallelsided apically, apex acuminate and setose; gnathos setose, protuberant, wide throughout length, upturned apically, tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent from a narrow base, fused narrowly above posteroventral margin of tegumen, gradually widening, forming a triangularshaped pigmented area below base of uncus; costa of valva nearly straight from a shallow depression slightly beyond a slightly curved, basal digitate process to apical furca; furca acuminate, dorsally excavated, slightly upturned; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly before middle, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate, broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus denticulate, bearing a small, crescentshaped apical cornutus; cornutus abruptly dilated basally, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia: Unknown.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Quepos,
80 m
, P[arque] N[acional] Manuel Antonio, Prov[incia] Punt[arenas],
COSTA
RICA
, R. Zuniga,
Ene.
1991
, LS
370900
,
448800
”, “
INBio
:
COSTA
RICA
:
CRI
000,
564568
”, [bar code label], “
INBio
, Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, Sex ɗ, No.
567
”, [yellow label].
Paratypes
(
11
ɗ):
3
ɗ, Same label data as
holotype
except, “
CRI
000,
366824
”, “Slide No.
549
”; “
CRI
000,
366939
”, “Slide No.
552
”; “
CRI
000,
366921
”, “Slide No.
554
”;
1
ɗ, “
Abr.
1991
”, “
CRI
000,
593356
”, “Slide No.
556
”;
1
ɗ, “
Mar.
1993
, G. Varela”, “
CRI
001,
409671
”, “Slide No.
571
”;
1
ɗ, “
Set.
1991
”, “
CRI
000,
493875
”, “Slide No.
570
”;
2
ɗ, “
120 m
, G. Varela & R. Zugina,
Nov.
1990
, LS
370900
,
449800
”, “
CRI
000,
227894
”, “Slide No.
563
”; “
CRI
000,
180563
”, “Slide No.
553
”;
1
ɗ, “
Dic.
1990
”, “
CRI
000,
228838
”, “Slide No.
564
”;
1
ɗ, “
30 m
,
Oct.
1990
, LS
370500
,
449000
”, “
CRI
000,
274946
”, “Slide No.
566
”;
1
ɗ, “
COSTA
RICA
, Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva,
50–150 m
,
10
°
26
'N
,
84
°01'W
,
Feb.
1996
, INBioOET”, “
7
Feb.
1996
, L/00/
127
, CES
450 m
”, “
CRI
002, 057344”, “Slide No.
914
”, (
6 in
INBio
,
5 in
USNM
).
Distribution (
Map
11
):
Glyphidocera capsae
is known from five collecting sites; four nearby coastal sites in southcentral
Costa Rica
, and one collecting site in the northcentral part of the country.
Etymology: The species epithet
capsae
is derived from the Latin “capsa,” meaning bookcase.