Descriptions of new Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) reared from native fruit in Kenya
Author
Razowski, Józef
Author
Brown, John W.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3222
1
27
journal article
45308
10.5281/zenodo.280255
9d264785-6035-49e2-b6cf-29e3022a6e80
1175-5326
280255
Anthozela psychotriae
,
sp. n.
Figs. 5
,
19
,
33
Diagnosis.
Anthozela psychotriae
is superficially similar to its congeners, with the basal 0.33 of the forewing dark, variably overscaled with bright yellow or greenish yellow, and the distal 0.66 coppery-orange, irregularly spotted with leaden gray and/or blue gray. The male genitalia of
A. psychotriae
are closest to those of
A. chrysoxantha
, but the cucullus bears a large, dense patch of spines ventrally and is separated from the sacculus by a deep, rounded invagination; and the gnathos lobes are shorter, not meeting distally over the uncus. The male also lacks the paired patches of spiniform setae on the 8th abdominal segment (
Horak 2006: fig. 499
). The female genitalia of
A
.
psychotriae
are distinguished by the minute signa, ca. 0.25 the length of those of its congeners.
Description.
Male.
Head
: Vertex and frons mixed dark gray and bright yellow; labial palpus bright yellow, length ca. 1.5 times horizontal diameter of compound eye.
Thorax
: Notum brown with scattered bright yellow scales; legs unmodified. Forewing length
3.8–4.2 mm
(mean = 4.0; n = 7); forewing broad, expanding distally; costa gently arched; termen convex; basal 0.33 of forewing olive brown with bright yellow scales; distal 0.66 reddish with series of irregular, olive brown to leaden gray refractive spots and dots forming incomplete rows; costal strigulae small, white, separated by brown; fringe reddish, irregularly interrupted with brown. Hindwing dark brown with slender, poorlydeveloped anal fold along margin bearing long, thin scales; fringe slightly lighter brown.
Abdomen
: Without paired patches of elongate spiniform setae on 8th segment. Genitalia (
Fig. 19
) with gnathos small, rounded, not meeting distally above uncus, with distinct, uniform row of marginal spines; valva moderately short, broad at base, somewhat parallel-sided in distal 0.25 (i.e., cucullus), with rounded apex; sacculus angulate; deep, rounded excavation immediately before ventral lobe of cucullus, with ventral lobe distinctly clothed with spines; phallus small, ca. 0.3 length of valva, with a pair of stout cornuti.
Female.
Head and thorax
: Essentially as described for male, except forewing length
4.2–5.5 mm
(mean = 4.8; n = 10) and hindwing without anal fold, frenulum with three bristles.
Abdomen
: Genitalia (
Fig. 33
) with sterigma weakly bilobed, shield-shaped, with narrow, median, slightly elevated, U-shaped protuberance; antrum well sclerotized, concave posteriorly; cingulum short; ductus seminalis originating at junction of corpus and ductus bursae; corpus bursae ovoid, finely and uniformly punctate throughout, with frail parabursa (accessory sac) from anterior end; a pair of very small subtriangular signa.
Holotype
(3):
Kenya
, Eastern Province, Kirimiri Forest,
0°25.62’S
,
37°32.83’E
,
1710 m
,
28 May 2002
, A&M Coll. #2052, r.f.
Psychotria lauracea
[
Rubiaceae
]; not dissected.
Paratypes
(63, 22Ƥ). Same data as
holotype
(13, 4Ƥ); GS USNM 128,813. CENTRAL PROVINCE: Njukiini Forest,
1455 m
,
0°31.15’S
,
37°25.19’E
,
24 Jul 2001
(13), A&M Coll. #1397, r.f.
Chaetacme aristata
[
Ulmaceae
]. COAST PROVINCE: Buda Forest,
88 m
,
4°27.79’S
,
39°24.20’E
,
23 Nov 2001
(13), A&M Coll. #1552, r.f.
Psychotria faucicola
, GS USNM 95,905. Gede Forest,
30 m
,
3°18.47’S
,
40°00.90’E
,
8 Oct 1999
(13, 9Ƥ), A&M Coll.#299, r.f.
Psychotria punctata
var.
punctata
; GS USNM 128,814. Road to Gede Forest,
35 m
,
3°18.318’S
,
40°00.995’E
,
8 Oct 1999
(13, 2Ƥ), KIP Coll. #205, r.f.
Psychotria punctata
var.
punctata
. Shimba Hills:
406 m
,
4°10.71’S
,
39°26.64’E
,
10 Aug 2002
(13), A&M Coll. #2076 and
421 m
,
4°11.03’S
,
40°01.66’E
,
8 Jun 2000
(1Ƥ), GS USNM 95914, KIP #592, r.f.
Psychotria lauracea
;
383 m
,
4°15.704’S
,
39°22.744’E
,
8 Sep 2004
(1Ƥ), A&M Coll. #3005, r.f.
Psychotria punctata
var.
punctata
. Arabuko-Sokoke Forest,
55 m
,
3°25.25’S
,
39°53.89’E
,
6 Oct 1999
(1Ƥ), A&M Coll. #302, R. S. Copeland, ICIPE/USAID, r.f.
Psychotria punctata
var.
punctata
. EASTERN PROVINCE: Kirimiri Forest,
1698 m
,
0°25.616’S
,
37°32.834’E
,
8 Nov 2001
(3Ƥ), A&M Coll. #1539, r.f.
Psychotria lauracea
. Kiangombe Hill,
1295 m
,
0°32.860’S
,
37°42.133’E
,
29 Aug 2002
(1Ƥ), A&M Coll. #2195, r.f.
Psychotria
sp.
Etymology.
The species name refers to the generic name of the food plant.