Documenting trumpet leaf-miner moths (Tischeriidae): new Neotropical Coptotriche and Astrotischeria species, with notes on Sapindaceae as a host-plant family Author Stonis, Jonas R. Nature Research Centre and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania. Author Diškus, Arūnas 0000-0003-0106-5546 Nature Research Centre and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania. & diskus. biotaxonomy @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0106 - 5546 diskus.biotaxonomy@gmail.com Author Remeikis, Andrius 0000-0002-9310-1112 Nature Research Centre and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania. & remeikis. andrew @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9310 - 1112 remeikis.andrew@gmail.com Author Fernández-Alonso, José L. 0000-0002-1701-480X Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC, Claudio Moyano 1, Madrid 28014, Spain. & jlfernandeza @ rjb. csic. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1701 - 480 X jlfernandeza@rjb.csic.es Author Baryshnikova, Svetlana V. 0000-0002-2549-4911 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, Russia. & parornix @ zin. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2549 - 4911 parornix@zin.ru Author Solis, M. Alma 0000-0001-6379-1004 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, US Department of Agriculture, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., 20013 - 7012, USA. & alma. solis @ usda. gov; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6379 - 1004 alma.solis@usda.gov text Zootaxa 2021 2021-09-30 5047 3 300 320 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.4 1175-5326 5540825 65A22984-EBA7-4788-B044-B23BC59939D4 Astrotischeria parapallens Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3AE6711C-34C4-404D-BEFD-F29C9C048B02 ( Figs. 10 , 25–29 , 41–46 , 51, 52 ) Type material . Holotype : ♂ , PERU : Huamanga Province, 9 km East of Ayacucho (Muyurina), 13°6’52”S , 74°11’47”W , elevation ca. 2510 m , mining larva on Baccharis sp. (Asteraceae) , 29.x.2008 , ex pupa xi.2008 , field card no. 4957, leg. A. Diškus, genitalia slide no. AD1045 ( ZIN ). Paratypes : 7 ♂ , 4 ♀ , same label data as holotype , genitalia slide nos. AD1046 ♂ , AD1052 ♂ , AD 864♀ (forewing venation), AD 973♀ , AD1042 ♀ ( ZIN ); 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , same label data ( NRC ). Diagnosis. Externally, this new species can be confused with some other speckled Astrotischeria species , including A. mystica sp. nov. described above. In the male genitalia, this species is the most similar to and probably closely related to A. pallens Puplesis & Diškus from Neuquén , Argentina (described and illustrated in Puplesis & Diškus 2003 : figs. 263–265). However, A. parapallens Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. differs from A. pallens in the distally wide and dentate dorsal lobe of the valva (see Fig. 42 ), large apical lobes of the phallus ( Figs. 44–46 ), very large soccii, and the significantly longer and slender uncus. Additionally, A. parapallens sp. nov. also differs from A. pallens in the dark forewing (the forewing of A. pallens is very pale, almost cream). Male ( Figs. 25–27 ). Forewing length 3.9–4.0 mm; wingspan 8.4–8.6 mm (n = 9). Head. Frons and palpi ochreous cream; pecten greyish cream; frontal tuft comprised of lamellar scales, brownish grey with some purple iridescence, sometimes with ochre-tipped scales; collar comprised of lamellar scales, glossy, pale brown-grey; antenna slightly longer than half the length of forewing; flagellum grey-brown on upper side and underside, sensilla relatively short, inconspicuous. Thorax. Tegula and thorax grey-brown. Forewing densely speckled with grey-brown (sometimes black-brown) scales and small, irregular spots of ochre cream scales; occasionally spots large and comprised of pale ochre yellow scales ( Fig. 27 ); fringe brownish grey to dark grey-brown, without fringe line; forewing underside grey-brown, without spots or androconia. Hindwing brownish grey to grey-brown on upper side and underside, without androconia; fringe brownish grey with some purple iridescence. Legs glossy grey-brown to pale grey, with some purple iridescence. FIGURES 25–29. Adults of Astrotischeria parapallens Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. (ZIN) FIGURES 30–34. Male genitalia of Astrotischeria mystica Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. 30, capsule with phallus inside, holotype, genitalia slide no. AD1050; 31, lateral view of valva and vinculum, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1047; 32, uncus, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1047; 33, phallus, paratype, genitalia slide AD1047; 34, spine-like processes on dorsal lobes of valvae, holotype, genitalia slide no. 1050 (ZIN) FIGURES 35–40. Male genitalia of Astrotischeria yungasi Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. 35, capsule with phallus removed, holotype, genitalia slide no. AD1070; 36, uncus, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1034; 37, valvae and vinculum, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1034; 38, phallus, holotype, genitalia slide AD1070; 39, 40, details of capsule, paratype, genitalia slide no. 1034 (ZIN) FIGURES 41–46. Male genitalia of Astrotischeria parapallens Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. 41, capsule with phallus removed, holotype, genitalia slide no. AD1045; 42, dorsal lobes of valvae, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1052; 43, basally connected valvae and vinculum, paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1052; 44, apex of phallus, paratype, genitalia slide AD1052; 45, general view of phallus, paratype, genitalia slide no. 1046; 46, same, holotype, genitalia slide no. AD1045 (ZIN) FIGURES 47–52. Female genitalia of new Astrotischeria species. 47, 48, A. yungasi Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. , paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1068; 49, 50, A. mystica Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. , paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1051; 51, 52, A. parapallens Diškus & Stonis , sp. nov. , paratype, genitalia slide no. AD1042 (ZIN) FIGURES 53–60. Leaf mines and adults. 53–55, leaf mines of Coptotriche sp. discovered on the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes; 56, 57, novel host plant, Serjania sp. , possibly S. grandis Seem. (Sapindaceae) ; 58, habitat where the leaf mines were found on the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes (Huacapistana, NW of Carpapata, 2900 m); 59, 60, male holotype of C. carmencita Stonis & Diškus , a recently described species ( Stonis et al . 2019a ) discovered in the Peruvian “selva alta” (Ecological Park Fundo San José, La Merced, Junín Region, Peru, 840–900 m) Abdomen. Grey-brown to dark grey-brown on upper side, glossy brownish grey on underside; anal tufts dorsal, long, dark grey; genital plates brownish grey. Genitalia ( Figs. 41–46 ) with capsule 595 µm long, 300 µm wide. Uncus ( Fig. 41 ) comprised of two very large lobes. Valva ( Figs. 41–43 ) about 335 µm long (excluding the basal process); dorsal lobe wide and dentate distally (see Fig. 42 ). Anellus only slightly thickened, mostly membranous, with 2–3 small setae laterally. Vinculum rounded ( Fig. 41 ) or triangular distally ( Fig. 43 ). Phallus 380–405 µm long, deeply bifurcated, symmetrical, with a spine on each apical lobe ( Figs. 44–46 ). Female ( Figs. 28, 29 ). Forewing length 3.5–4.3 mm ; wingspan 7.6–9.3 mm (n = 5). Head. Similar to male. Thorax. Tegula grey-brown, distally ochre-yellow or entirely grey-brown. Thorax ochre-yellow to pale greybrown. Forewing grey-brown with three or four very large, ochre-yellow spots. Abdomen . Genitalia ( Figs. 51, 52 ) about 1580 µm long. Ovipositor lobes unusually large, rounded, clothed with short, modified setae or ‘peg setae’; area between ovipositor lobes wide, with tiny papillae and some short setae. Second pair of lobes, lateral and anterior to the ovipositor lobes, much three times smaller than ovipositor lobes, but bearing very long lamellar but slender setae. Anterior and posterior apophyses almost equal in length; prela comprised of three pairs of unique projections ( Fig. 52 ). Corpus bursae long and very slender, without pectinations or signum. Accessory sac indistinctive. Ductus spermathecae very slender, with about 4 large coils and indistinctive vesicle. Bionomics ( Fig. 10 ). Host plant: Baccharis L., possibly B. latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae) . Larvae mine leaves in late October. The blotch mine ( Fig. 10 ) is irregular, elongated, usually pale brownish, with little or no frass. Pupation inside the leaf mine. Adults occur in November. Distribution . This species is known from the single locality in Peru ( Ayacucho ), at an elevation of about 2500 m , but the host plants have a much broader distribution. Etymology . The species is named after Astrotischeria pallens Puplesis & Diškus from Argentina , in reference to the similar male genitalia.