Acalyptris bifidus Puplesis & Robinson, 2000

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Vargas, Sergio A. & Solis, M. Alma, 2020, Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas, Zootaxa 4748 (2), pp. 201-247 : 225

18. Acalyptris bifidus Puplesis & Robinson, 2000 ( Figs 125–128 )

Acalyptris bifidus Puplesis & Robinson 2000: 50 .

Host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. Belize (Chiquibul Forest: Las Cuevas Biological Station), Colombia (the western tropical slopes of the Andes: Valle del Cauca) (new distribution).

DNA barcode. We barcoded one male specimen of the species; the sequence is available at GenBank under voucher/sample ID MN732880 .

Material examined. 1 ♂, COLOMBIA, Departamento de Valle del Cauca, Municipio de Dagua, El Naranjo , 550 m, at light, 3°47’2”N, 76°43’14”W, 21–23.ii.2019, leg. J. R . Stonis & S. A. Vargas, genitalia slide no. RA1029 ( MPUJ) .

Figures

FIGURES 125–130. Acalyptris spp. 125, A. bifidus Puplesis & Robinson, 2000 from Colombia, tropical western slopes of the Andes, Valle del Cauca (new distribution and first photographic documentation), male adult; 126, 127, same, male genitalia, slide no. RA1029, capsule (MPUJ); 128, same, phallus; 129, A. specimen 12, capsule; 130, same, phallus (after Wilkinson 1979).