Sparganothoides xenopsana Kruse and Powell, 2009

Kruse, James J. & Powell, Jerry A., 2009, Systematics of Sparganothoides Lambert and Powell, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini), Zootaxa 2150 (1), pp. 1-78 : 38

16. Sparganothoides xenopsana Kruse and Powell , new species

Figs. 22 , 77

Diagnosis. This species is superficially most similar to S. hydeana . The presence of a male forewing costal fold and protuberances and specialized scales on the head (visible when longer scales of the vertex are removed) distinguish S. xenopsana from S. hydeana , which lacks these features. The male genitalia of S. xenopsana also are similar to those of S. hydeana , but the uncus in the former is swollen near the middle. The smaller size of the protuberances separates S. xenopsana from other species of the Ocrisana Group.

Description. Male. Head: Frons brownish orange; vertex roughened, brownish orange to orange, two small rounded protuberances between mesal-posterior margins of eyes; a dense clump of small pale brownish orange scales between protuberances. Labial palpus orange mesally, brownish orange and brown laterally. Antennal scaling orange and brown. Thorax: Dorsum smooth scaled, brownish orange to dark brown. Forewing length 11.9–13.1 mm (= 12.3; n = 3). Forewing costal fold short; forewing ground color predominantly brownish orange, with yellowish brown to orange patches and speckling of dark brown scales; pattern elements dark brown; costa dark brown near base; median facia short, distinctly interrupted toward base and toward discal cell; indistinct subterminal fascia dark brown; conspicuous dark brown transverse strigulae throughout subterminal and terminal areas; dark brown tornal mark from discal cell to margin; dark brown spot at apex of discal cell. Fringe orange to brownish orange. Hindwing white to pale gray with gray transverse striae throughout, most dense in apical and distal regions. Abdomen: Genitalia ( Fig. 22 ; slide #5611; EME; Mexico, Puebla, 10 km E Esperanza; n = 3) with uncus long, slender, ovately swollen near middle, widened apically, elbowed at nearly 90° angle at two-thirds distince from base, with long setae dorsally and patch of small setae ventrally; tegumen raised, triangular at base of uncus; socius strongly triangular posteriorly, secondary arms long, slender, abruptly angled near middle, enlarged apices asymmetrically lobed, boot-shaped; transtilla strongly sclerotized, straight, spines short, numerous over most of posterior margin, anterior process reinforced with invagination at middle; valva subrectangular with sclerotized crease roughly parallel to sacculus; costa concave near middle; sacculus straight; pulvinus present; phallus pistol-shaped, aedeagus parallel-sided, shorter than phallobase, sclerotized lip on ventral surface of apex, attached to juxta by a narrow process.

Female. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype: Male : MEXICO: PUEBLA: 10 km E Esperanza, 2450 m, 15.viii.1987, J. Brown & J. Powell ( EME).

Paratypes (2♂). MEXICO: PUEBLA : 10 km E Esperanza , 2450 m, 15.viii.1987 (2♂), J. Brown & J. Powell ( EME) .

Immature stages. Unknown.

Etymology. The name is derived from the Greek “xenos” (= foreign) referring to the unusual appearance of this species when it was discovered in a long series of S. hydeana .

Figures

FIGURES 19–24. Male genitalia of Sparganothoides; valvae spread, aedeagus removed. 19. S. castanea. 20. S. vinolenta. 21. S. ocrisana. 22. S. xenopsana. 23. S. umbosana. 24. S. probolosana.

FIGURES 61–78. Adults of Sparganothoides. 61. S. hydeana (paratype: USA: NM: Santa Fe County, Little Tesuque Canon, 9200', 27.vii – 10.viii.1932, A. Klots). 62. S. machimiana (USA: AZ: Santa Cruz County, 7 mi. SE Nogales, 1.viii.1991, P. Opler, Y. Hsu and D. Rubinoff). 63 S. laderana (holotype). 64. S. amitana (paratype). 65. S. calthograptana (holotype). 66. S. coloratana (holotype). 67. S. audentiana (holotype). 68. S. canities (paratype). 69. S. teratana (Panama: Cerro Campana, 11–14.vii.1967, O. Flint, Jr.). 70. S. carycrosana (holotype). 71. S. plemmelana (holotype). 72. S. lugens (Mexico: Veracruz: 1 mi. W Fortin, 25.xii.1963 as larva on miscellaneous leaves, emerged 20.ii.1964, C. O'Brien). 73. S. castanea (holotype). 74. S. vinolenta (Mexico: Distrito Federal: La Venta, 22.v.1938, T. Escalante). 75. S. ocrisana (paratype, male: Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Monteverde, 1350–1400m, 22–24.vii.1990, J. Powell, JAP lot 90G14, emerged 6.xi.1990). 76. S. ocrisana (paratype, female: Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Monteverde, 1350–1400m, 22–24.vii.1990, J. Powell). 77. S. xenopsana (holotype). 78. S. umbosana (holotype).