American Asteraceae-feeding Astrotischeria species with a highly modified, three-lobed valva in the male genitalia (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae) Author Jonas R. Stonis Author Arūnas Diškus Author Fernando Carvalho Filho Author Owen T. Lewis text Zootaxa 2018 2018-09-03 4469 1 1 69 journal article 29181 10.11646/zootaxa.4469.1.1 9a69324f-0dfb-463a-a399-070b030037af 1175-5326 1454525 42680994-585D-4230-B574-8DB398341B23 Astrotischeria maya Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. ( Figs. 7 , 83–92 , 233–235 ) Type material. Holotype : ♂ , HONDURAS : Copán Department , Copán Archaeological Site Ruinas, 14°50'13"N , 89°08'37"W , elevation ca . 620 m , 15.ii.2012 , A. Diškus, genitalia slide no. AD524♂ (ZMUC). Diagnosis. From the most similar A. selvica it differs in the apically rounded dorsal lobe of valva and the narrow gap between median lobes of uncus. Male ( Figs. 83, 84 ). Forewing length about 2.9 mm; wingspan about 6.4 mm. Head: face pale brown; palpi brownish cream; frontal tuft comprised of brownish cream lamellar scales; pecten very prominent; antenna with about 36 segments, longer than half the length of forewing; flagellum ochre cream; sensillae very long and fine, brownish cream. Thorax ochre cream; tegula densely speckled with grey-brown scales, particularly densely anteriorly. Forewing slender, speckled with pale brown to dark brown scales, especially densely along costa in apical half of the forewing; most of the dark scales pale-tipped; apically forewing with an elongated, pale yellowish ochre patch; fringe pale brown on costal margin and tornus but yellowish ochre near to the apical patch; fringe-line indistinct, formed by a few black-brown scales; forewing underside brown, without spots or androconia. Hindwing brown on both upper and underside, except narrow edges on upper side which remain cream; no androconia; fringe pale grey-brown. Legs very contrasting in color: bright yellow cream to ochre cream, speckled with dark greybrown scales on upper side or ochreous cream scales distally. FIGURES 83–88. Astrotischeria maya DIŠKUS & STONIS , sp. nov. , HOLOTyPE, HONDURAS (ZMUC). 83, 84, MALE ADULT; 85, 86, MALE GENITALIA, CAPSULE WITH PHALLUS REMOVED, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD524; 87, PHALLUS; 88, CHITINIzED RING. FIGURES 89–92. MALE GENITALIA OF Astrotischeria maya DIŠKUS & STONIS , sp. nov. , GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD524, HOLOTyPE, HONDURAS (ZMUC). 89, 90, CAPSULE WITH PHALLUS REMOVED; 91, ANELLUS; 92, APICAL PART OF PHALLUS. FIGURES 93–98. ADULTS OF Astrotischeria selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS , sp. nov. ; 93—95, 97, 98, PARATyPES, LAS CUEVAS, BELIzE (ZMUC); 96, PARATyPE, TIKAL, GUATEMALA (ZMUC). FIGURES 99–104. MALE GENITALIA OF Astrotischeria selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS , sp. nov. (ZMUC). 99, CAPSULE WITH PHALLUS REMOVED, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD920, HOLOTyPE, BELIzE; 100, SAME, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD928, PARATyPE, BRAzIL; 101, 102, PHALLUS, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD928, PARATyPE, BRAzIL; 103, SAME, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD919, PARATyPE, BELIzE; 104, SAME, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD926, PARATyPE, BRAzIL. FIGURES 105–111. MALE GENITALIA OF Astrotischeria selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS , sp. nov. (ZMUC). 105, UNCUS AND TEGUMEN, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD919, PARATyPE, BELIzE; 106, UNCUS, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD928, PARATyPE, BRAzIL; 107, ANELLUS, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD919, PARATyPE, BELIzE; 108, VALVA, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD926, PARATyPE, BRAzIL; 109, CAPSULE, DORSAL VIEW, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD928, PARATyPE, BRAzIL; 110, VALVAE AND CHITINIzED RING, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD919, PARATyPE, BELIzE; 111, SAME, APICAL PART OF PHALLUS. FIGURES 112–114. FEMALE GENITALIA OF Astrotischeria selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS , sp. nov. , GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD924, PARATyPE, BRAzIL (ZMUC). 112, GENERAL VIEW; 113, 114, COILS OF DUCTUS SPERMATHECAE. FIGURES 115–118. FEMALE GENITALIA OF Astrotischeria selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS , sp. nov. , OVIPOSITOR LObES, APOPHySES AND PRELA, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD924, PARATyPE, BRAzIL (ZMUC). FIGURES 119–126. BIONOMICS OF Astrotischeria selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS , sp. nov. 119, 120, HOST PLANT Synedrella nodiflora (L.) GAERTN., ASTERACEAE ; 121–126, LEAF MINES, BELEM, BRAzIL. Female . Unknown. Male genitalia ( Figs. 7 , 85–92 ). Capsule about 520 µm long, 265–280 µm wide. Uncus consisting of two slender, long, lateral lobes and two short, rounded, median lobes ( Fig. 86 ); the gap between median lobes narrow. Valva divided ( Fig. 7 ): ventral lobe slightly curved, about 360 µm long and rather wide ( Fig. 85 ); dorsal lobes consisting of two lobes: an inwardly curved, distally rounded lobe ( Figs. 89, 90 ) and more thickened, distally pointed lobe; transtilla absent; basal process of valva long ( Figs. 86 , 89 ). Anellus with 5 setae, thickened only proximally ( Fig. 91 ), distally membranous. Phallus 640 µm long, distally bifurcated and without numerous fine spines ( Figs. 87 , 92 ). Bionomics . Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown. Distribution ( Fig. 233 ). Known from a single locality in Honduras , at an elevation of about 600 m ( Figs. 234, 235 ). Etymology. This species is named after the Maya people, a Mesoamerican civilization in reference to the discovery of the species right in the Copán archaeological site, a world-wide famous Mayan ruins in Honduras .