Acailandica cacaulandiae, 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 : 253

Acailandica cacaulandiae , sp. n.

Figs. 6 , 12

Diagnosis. In facies, A. cacaulandiae is most similar to A. pyrozona , but it is distinguished from the latter by having a brown hindwing and a variegated dorsoterminal one-fourth of the forewing.

Description. Head: Dark brown. Thorax: Proximal third dark brown, ventral part white-grey. Wing span 13 mm. Forewing ( Fig. 12 ) distinctly expanding terminad; costa almost straight; termen weakly oblique, hardly depressed beneath apex; ground colour orange; costal strigulae white, followed by bluish refractive lines; divisions and markings dark brown; median fascia preserved in costal part of wing; basal blotch oblique, irregular; dorsal area densely spotted, crossed by incomplete fascia expanding from beyond mid-dorsum; terminal marking reduced. Cilia brownish grey, grey at apex. Hind wing dark brown. Cilia whitish. Abdomen: Male unknown. Female genitalia ( Fig. 6 ) with sterigma submembranous, concave posteriorly, more strongly sclerotized, short anteostial part; antrum sclerite weak, separated from posterior sclerite of ductus bursae; cingulum large, weakly sclerotized, with median origin of ductus seminalis; two unequally sized signa.

Holotype female: " Brasil: RO[ndônia], Cacaulandia, 140 m, IX.1991, V.O. Becker Col, Col. Becker 80231”; GS 680 WZ.

Etymology. The species is named after its type locality, Cacaulandia.

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).