Chlamydastis Meyrick of Costa Rica: barcodes, biology, and descriptions of 36 new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae)
Author
Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie
Dry Forest Conservation Fund, Sector Santa Rosa, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, phillipsrodriguez @ gmail. com urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 798045 C-A 872 - 4 F 6 A- 82 F 4 - 5 AC 78 A 04 DDA 3
Author
Brown, John W.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA tortricidae. jwb @ gmail. com urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 3 C 52 FC 4 E-E 988 - 4 AD 6 - B 0 D 1 - 9 A 5 CA 74 CB 24 C
Author
Hallwachs, Winnie
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Author
Janzen, Daniel H.
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Insecta Mundi
2021
2021-05-28
2021
868
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5042023
1942-1354
5042023
1738B3CE-22AC-409B-9B04-DAD91322B278
Chlamydastis juanmatai
Phillips and Brown
,
new species
Figures 27
,
72
Holotype
.
Male
,
Costa Rica
,
Puntarenas
,
Area de Conservación Osa
,
Los Charcos
,
1 km
E de Banegas
,
50 m
,
06.x.2010
,
E. Phillips
, INB0004269414,
GenBank
accession code
MH827054
(
MNCR-A
).
Paratypes
(
2♂
). See Appendix 1.
Diagnosis.
Males of
C. juanmatai
are nearly indistinguishable from those of
C. powelli
and
C. gracewoodae
, superficially and in genital morphology; however, the three can be separated by barcodes and subtle features of the male genitalia.
Chlamydastis powelli
is distinguished by its slightly longer uncus (
Fig. 64
); and
C. juanmatai
and
C. gracewoodae
can be distinguished from each other by the shape of the dorso-posterior margin of the free basal process of the valva (
Fig. 65, 66
). Also, in
C. juanmatai
the attenuate portion of the phallobase is slightly smaller than in the other two species.
Description.
MALE (
Fig. 27
).
Head
. Vertex and frons white, collar white intermixed with brown scales; labial palpus with first segment dark brown, second segment light brown in basal half, third segment with two narrow light brown rings, one at base and one near tip; antenna with length of sensory setae ca. equal to width of flagellomere, an appressed patch of long, fine, whitish scales along surface opposite of sensory setae, originating from pedicel, extending ca. 0.5 length of antenna.
Thorax
. Prothorax with a narrow brown band adjacent to collar and continuing over base of tegula; meso- and metathorax white. FW length
7.7–7.9 mm
; FW white in basal 0.33, with broad, brown, median fascia extending from mid-costa to middle of hind margin, with gently curved inner margin, beige distad of median fascia, becoming darker near middle of termen; small darker patches of raised scales near center of outer margin of median fascia, and another patch closer to hind margin. HW dark gray-brown.
Abdomen
. Dorsum gray with whitish scales on first and second segment. Genitalia (
Fig. 72
) with uncus long, slender; gnathos arms slender, ca. 0.8 length of uncus, flattened at distal junction of arms; valva with large subtriangular expansion near middle of lower (ventral) margin, rounded in distal 0.3, with dense patch of specialized setae near mid-costa; sacculus broadest at base, attenuate distally, ending in a pointed tip; basal portion (sacculus) and subtriangular mesial expansion bearing long hairpencils; lateral processes of juxta short, digitate from rounded lobes; phallus stout, with short distal pointed process relatively straight, phallobase with curved venter opposite of ductus ejaculatoris; cornutus small, U-shaped, dentate distally.
FEMALE. Unknown.
DNA barcodes.
The three barcodes of
C. juanmatai
(BOLD:ABU8622) are identical, with a distance of 3.37% to its nearest neighbor,
C. powelli
.
Distribution.
Chlamydastis juanmatai
has been collected in the southern Pacific region of
Costa Rica
at
50 m
elevation.
Biology.
The immature stages and food plants remain unknown.
Etymology.
Chlamydastis juanmatai
is named in honor of Juan Mata in recognition of his technical support of the national biodiversity inventory of
Costa Rica
.