Grumichella pulchella (Banks, 1910) Holzenthal, 1988

Calor, Adolfo R., Holzenthal, Ralph W. & Froehlich, Claudio G., 2016, Phylogeny and revision of the Neotropical genus Grumichella Müller (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae), including nine new species and a key, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (1), pp. 137-169 : 144

GRUMICHELLA PULCHELLA ( BANKS, 1910) ( FIG. 5 )

Leptocella pulchella Banks, 1910: 160 [Type locality: Colombia: Tolima, Canõn de Monte, Dec., type 11783; MCZ; male]. – Fisher, 1966: 60 [catalogue].

Leptocellodes pulchellus Ulmer, 1955: 499 [to synonym]. – Flint, 1967: 22 [male].

Grumichella pulchella Holzenthal, 1988a:93 [new combination]. – Flint, Holzenthal & Harris, 1999: 128 [catalogue]. – Munõz-Quesada, 2000: 279 [distribution].

Diagnosis: Grumichella pulchella can be diagnosed by the following characters: male forewings with 9 brown spots; male genitalia bearing apicodorsal portion of 1st article of inferior appendage quadrate; segment X acuminated, dorsal view. As discussed before, it is most similar to G. flaveola , but differs in the apicodorsal portion of the 1st article of the inferior appendage, which is not digitate.

Adult: Head and body yellowish.

Male: Forewing length: 11–12 mm. Forewing light golden brown, with 9 small brown spots. Abdominal segment IX annular; in dorsal view, with anterior margin straight, posterior margin broadly rounded; in lateral view, pleural region setose; tergum IX without dorsal

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Figure 5. Grumichella pulchella, male. A, genitalia, lateral view. B, aedeagus, lateral view. C, inferior appendage, ventral view.