Gentilicossus caimancito, Naydenov & Yakovlev & Penco, 2022

Naydenov, A. E., Yakovlev, R. V. & Penco, F. C., 2022, Gentiliocossus - new genus of Hypoptinae (Lepidoptera: Cossidae), Russian Entomological Journal 31 (1), pp. 67-70 : 69-70

Gentilicossus caimancito

Yakovlev, Naydenov et Penco, sp.n.

Figs 4 , 8 .

MATERIAL. Argentina: holotype, male, NW Argentina, Jujuy Prov., 10 km SEE Caimancito , 23°44´38.6´´S 064°31´09.2´´W, H= 405m, 25– 26.10.2019, leg. R. V. Yakovlev ( ZISP, Genital preparation № 369, A. E. Naydenov) .

DESCRIPTION. Length of forewing 13 mm. Root area of the fore wing light-brown, discally semicircular brown spot framed in ribbon-like light-coffee color band, postdiscally wedge-like brown portion, submarginally broad round portion, crescent brown stroke and light-brown portion submarginally at apex, from submarginal area to wing angle light-brown band with transverse pattern of thin transverse undulated strokes, cubitally an expressed reticulated pattern of thin brown strokes. Fringe brown. Hind wing light-coffee color, with poorly expressed undulated brown pattern.

Male genitalia. Uncus of medium length, apically acute, with sharp lateral processes; gnathos arms very short; gnathos absent; valve directed ventrally, basally swollen, extend- ed, apically slightly narrowing, valve basally with small semicircular two-humped harpe; juxta very robust, with wide process directed abdominally, and two long leaf-like lateral processes; saccus long, of equal thickness throughout all length; phallus equal to valve in length, strongly curved, with hooky process apically, vesica without cornuti.

Female unknown.

DIAGNOSIS. The new species differs sharply from G. alexi sp.n. and G. vogli sp.n. in the absence of the process on the outer edge of the valve and in the semicircular two-humped harpe.

DISTRIBUTION. NW Argentina, Jujuy Province.

ETYMOLOGY. The name is toponymic, after the city of Caimancito — a type locality of the new species.

Figures

Figs 2–5. Gentilicossus, adults: 2 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, holotype; 3 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, paratype; 4 — G. caimancito, male, holotype; 5 — G. vogli, male, holotype. Scale bars: 10 mm. Рис. 2–5. Gentilicossus, имаго: 2 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, голотип; 3 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, паратип; 4 — G. caimancito, sp.n., самец, голотип; 5 — G. vogli, sp.n., самец, голотип. МасШтаб: 10 мм.

Figs 6–9. Gentilicossus, male, genitalia: 6 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, holotype (ZISP, Genital preparation № 234, A.E. Naydenov); 7 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, paratype (RYB, Genital preparation № 271, A. E. Naydenov); 8 — G. caimancito, sp.n., male, holotype (ZISP, Genital preparation № 369, A.E. Naydenov); 9 — G. vogli, sp.n., male, holotype (ZSM, Genital preparation № 1335). Scale bars: 1 mm. Рис. 6–9. Gentilicossus, гениталии самцов: 6 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, голотип (ZISP, Genital preparation № 234, A.E. Naydenov); 7 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, парати, (RYB, Genital preparation № 271, A.E. Naydenov); 8 — G. caimancito, sp.n., самец, голотип (ZISP, Genital preparation № 369, A.E. Naydenov); 9 — G. vogli, sp.n., самец, голотип (ZSM, Genital preparation № 1335). МасШтаб: 1 мм..