Acailandica acailandiae, Razowski, Józef & Becker, Vitor O., 2016

Razowski, Józef & Becker, Vitor O., 2016, Acailandica and Ipamerica: two new Neotropical grapholitine genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Zootaxa 4066 (3), pp. 248-254 : 249

Acailandica acailandiae , sp. n.

Figs. 1 , 7

Diagnosis. Acailandica acailandiae is related and similar to A. pyrozona (Meyrick) but differs from it chiefly in having an oblique posterior edge of the basal blotch, variegated terminal forewing markings, and a stouter aedeagus.

Description. Head: Olive grey. Thorax: Olive grey, glossy ventrolaterally; legs grayish. Wing span 10 mm. Forewing ( Fig. 7 ) expanding terminad; costa indistinctly convex; termen somewhat concave beneath apex, convex medially; ground colour orange; costal strigulae slender, white, followed by bluish refractive lines; incisions and markings broad, dark brown; posterior edge of basal blotch oblique, deeply incised subcostally; costal part of median fascia slender; group of four blotches between mid-dorsum and tornus followed by slender terminal marking at tornus and group of medioposterior strigulae, large blotch at mid-termen and fine edge of apex present. Cilia grey, brown at tornus. Hindwing yellowish orange, broadly edged with brown on peripheries, with brownish mark basally. Cilia grey. Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 1 ) as described for the genus. Female unknown.

Holotype male: " Brasilia: MA[ranhão], Acailandia, 150 m, 19–27.XI.1990, V. O. Becker & G.S. Dubois, Col; Col. Becker 77695"; GS 673 WZ.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality of Acaulandia.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Male and female genitalia. 1, Acailandica acailandiae (holotype male, GS 673 WZ). 2, Ipamerica auctuncus (holotype male, GS 770 WZ). 3, Acailandica maja (holotype female, GS 674 WZ). 4, Acailandica hilara (holotype female, GS 675 WZ). 5, Acailandica comptana (Walker) female (GS 676 WZ). 6, Acailandica cacaulandiae (holotype female, GS 680 WZ).

FIGURES 7 – 14. Adults. 7, Acailandica acailandiae (holotype). 8, Acailandica maja (holotype). 9, Acailandica subtilana (Felder & Rogenhofer) (lectotype). 10, Acailandica hilara (holotype). 11, Acailandica comptana (Walker). 12, Acailandica cacaulandiae (holotype). 13, Acailandica perozona (Meyrick);. 14, Ipamerica auctuncus (holotype).