Astrotischeria sanjosei Stonis & Diškus, 2019

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Katinas, Liliana, Torres, Nixon Cumbicus, Schuster, Jack & Puplesyte-Chambers, Julia, 2019, Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America, Zootaxa 4691 (1), pp. 1-32 : 12-13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.1.1
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scientific name	Astrotischeria sanjosei Stonis & Diškus
status	sp. nov.

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Astrotischeria sanjosei Stonis & Diškus View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs 19–21 View FIGURES 19–24 , 42–46 View FIGURES 42–48 , 88–99 View FIGURES 88–99 )

Type material. Holotype: ♂, PERÚ: Junín Region, La Merced, 11 ° 04ꞌ02.7ꞌꞌS, 75 ° 20ꞌ37.7ꞌꞌW, Fundo San José , 840–900 m, at light, 8–17.v.2018, leg. J. R. Stonis and S. Hill, participation by J. Puplesyte-Chambers, genitalia slide no. AD990 ( ZMUC) . Paratypes: 3 ♂ (one with abdomen missing), same label as holotype, genitalia slide no. AD991 ( ZMUC) .

Diagnosis. Externally, this new species can be easily distinguished from all other Astrotischeria by the dark color of adults: the entire body is covered either with brown-grey or black scales, which is very unusual for the genus and uncommon for the family in general. In the male genitalia, the combination of a distinct uncus with very short dorsal lobes ( Fig. 89 View FIGURES 88–99 ); small, weakly developed dorsal process of valva ( Figs 92, 94 View FIGURES 88–99 ); long but very slender, process-like ventral plate of vinculum ( Fig. 98 View FIGURES 88–99 ); and apically bilobed but symmetrical phallus distinguishes A. sanjosei from all known congeneric species.

Description. Male ( Figs 42–46 View FIGURES 42–48 ). Forewing length 3.1–3.3 mm; wingspan 6.6–7.2 mm (n = 4).

Head. Face triangular, covered with grey and some grey cream scales; labial palpus glossy, grey cream to grey; frontal tuft and collar brown-grey; antenna slightly longer than one-half length of forewing; flagellum grey.

Thorax. Tegula, thorax and forewing with very little or no purple iridescence, densely covered with browngrey to black scales; majority of scales cream-tipped (see Figs 42, 46 View FIGURES 42–48 ); fringe grey to dark grey, with indistinct and incomplete fringe line, comprised of grey-black scales; forewing underside blackish grey with very little purple iri- descence and without spots or androconia. Hindwing and its fringe concolorous with forewing, without androconia. Legs grey to black grey, with some grey cream scales on underside and tarsi.

Abdomen. Black-grey on upper side and underside, with little purple iridescence; anal tufts ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 42–48 ) large, merged dorsally, blackish grey. Genitalia ( Figs 88–99 View FIGURES 88–99 ) with capsule 465–485 µm long, 215–230 µm broad. Uncus ( Fig. 89 View FIGURES 88–99 ) comprised of two wide and very short dorsal lobes and two slender and long ventral lobes. Valva ( Fig. 98 View FIGURES 88–99 ) about 270–290 µm long (excluding the basal process); dorsal lobe weakly developed ( Figs 92, 94, 96 View FIGURES 88–99 ); transtilla absent; basal process of valva long ( Fig. 88 View FIGURES 88–99 ). Anellus slightly thickened, mostly membranous, with 2–3 setae laterally ( Fig. 96 View FIGURES 88–99 ). Phallus about 470–510 µm long, distally deeply bifurcated, symmetrical ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 88–99 ), with two small spines on each lobe ( Fig. 95 View FIGURES 88–99 ).

Female. Unknown.

Bionomics. The host plant is unknown. Adults occur in May, and are attracted to light.

Distribution. The species is known from the single locality, La Merced, Junín Region, central Peru, at an elevation of about 900 m, from the “selva alta” ( Figs 19–21 View FIGURES 19–24 ).

Etymology. The species is named after a private ecological park, Fundo San José.