Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae)
Author
DAVID ADAMSKI
text
Zootaxa
2005
858
1
158
journal article
38788
10.5281/zenodo.170793
94a0cedb-15bb-4bfd-955e-77200a536045
1175-5334
170793
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Glyphidocera dictionis
,
new species
(Figs. 75–77, 279, 312,
Map 14
)
Diagnosis.—
Glyphidocera dictionis
is similar to
G. brumae
but differs from the latter by having a smaller gnathos, a shorter apical furca of the valval costa, and a broader outer margin of the valval cucullus.
Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale brownish yellow; outer and inner surfaces of labial palpus pale brownish yellow; scape and flagellum of antenna pale brownish yellow; male 4th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a shallow concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres 5–6; concavity nearly closed by a few setiform scales on apex of protuberance of 4th flagellomere; proboscis pale brownish yellow.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brownish yellow. Legs pale brownish yellow. Forewing (Fig. 312): Length
6.3–7.5 mm
(n = 10), pale brownish yellow intermixed with brown scales; costal margin and distal 1/4 brown intermixed with few pale brownishyellow scales; cell with 2 large spots, 1 near middle, 1 near distal end [some specimens with spots faint or missing]; marginal spots present or absent. Undersurface pale brown except, costal margin pale brownish yellow. Hindwing: Grayish brown.
Abdomen (Fig. 75): Male with 2 transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga 2–3, and two small, ellipticalshaped clusters of sex scales on dorsolateral surface of intersegmental area between terga 3–4.
Male Genitalia (Figs. 76–77): Uncus elongate, slightly constricted broadly near 1/3, apically rounded, abruptly dilated subapically, tapering to a short, narrowly rounded and setose apex; gnathos setose, protuberant, narrow throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent from a wide base, fusing near 2/3 length from posteroventral margin of tegumen to base of uncus; costa of valva broadly emarginate medially; apical furca acuminate, upturned; base of costa bearing a slightly downturned digitate process; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly before midlength, widened distoventrally, forming an elongate and broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose, with outer margin short and slightly rounded; vesica sparsely denticulate, bearing a moderately large, crescentshaped cornutus; cornutus dilated basally, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.
Female Genitalia (Fig. 279): Papillae anales elongate, slightly wider basally than apically; apophysis posterioris and apophysis posterioris about equal in length; eighth sternum narrower than eighth tergum; posterior margin of eighth sternum broadly rounded, anterior margin slightly emarginate; posterior margin of eighth tergun broadly emarginate, anterior margin broadly rounded; antrum subtriangular, greatly enlarged posteriorly from a constricted anterior part, posterior margin nearly straight, posterolateral margin angular; anterior part of antrum with a pair of elongate, spinelike processes inside cavity formed from outer wall; ductus bursae short; corpus bursae sparsely denticulate posteriorly, slightly enlarged anteriorly; inception of ductus seminalis widened basally from posterior part of corpus bursae, about 8coiled, each coil gradually decreasing in diameter for base to apex; ductus seminalis with a short, basal, internal, 4coil support on side opposite an elongate, internal plate.
Holotype
, ɗ, “Sector Cerro Cocori, F[in]ca de E. Rojas,
150 m
, Prov[incia] Limón,
COSTA RICA
,
26 Jun. a 16 Jul. 1992
, E. Rojas, LN286000, 567500”, “INBio:
COSTA RICA
: CRI000, 703073” [bar code label], “INBio, Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, Sex ɗ, No. 478” [yellow label].
Paratypes
(7 ɗ, 2 Ψ): 1 ɗ, Same label data as
holotype
except, “CRI000, 703224”, “Slide No. 483”; 3 ɗ, “
Dic. 1991
”, “CRI000, 361254”, “Slide No. 487”, “ɗ Wing Slide No. 487a”; 1 ɗ, “
May 1992
”, “CRI000, 373535”, “Slide No. 477”; 1 Ψ, “Mar, 1992”, “CRI000, 363663”, “Slide No. 475”, 1 ɗ, “Cerro Tortuguero, P. N. Tortuguero,
0–100 m
, Prov. Limón,
COSTA RICA
, J. Solano,
Abr. 1991
, LN285000, 588000”, “CI000, 444307”, “Slide No. 598”; 1 ɗ, “Est. Pitilla,
700 m
,
9 km
S Sta. Cecilia, P. N. Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste,
COSTA RICA
, C. Moraga,
2–9 Mar. 1992
, LN330200, 380200”, “CRI000, 414816”, “Slide No. 761”; 1 ɗ, “R. Rios,
Mar. 1991
”; “CRI000, 450298”, “Slide No. 480”; 1 ɗ, Est. Cacao, Prov. Guana.,
COSTA RICA
,
8–18 Feb. 1995
, L. Angulo, LN323700, 376700, # 4673”, “CRI002, 185636”, “Slide No. 945”; 1 Ψ, “Est. Sirena, P. N. Corcovado, P.N. Corcovado, Osa, Prov. Punta.,
COSTA RICA
,
1–100 m
,
Ene. 1994
, G. Fonseca, LS
270500
, 508300, # 2551”, “CRI001, 843233”, “Slide No. 476”, (
6 in
INBio,
3 in
USNM).
Distribution (
Map 14
):
Glyphidocera dictionis
is known from five collecting sites in
Costa Rica
; two nearby sites in the northwest along the Cordillera de Guanacaste, two sites in northcentral part of the country along the Caribbean Coast, and a single site in the southeast along the Pacific Coast.
MAP 14.
Distribution of
Glyphidocera dictionis
()
.
Etymology: The specific epithet
dictionis
is derived from the Latin “diction,” meaning speech.