identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
CB328CC969F65E1E8B32B89053E9DD36.text	CB328CC969F65E1E8B32B89053E9DD36.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Azaptilia azapensis Vargas 2026	<div><p>Azaptilia azapensis Vargas sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7</p><p>Type locality.</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.87195&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.584723" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.87195/lat -18.584723)">Azapa Valley</a> (18°35'05"S, 69°52'19"W), at about 1050 m elevation in the Atacama Desert, Arica Province, northern Chile.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. Chile • ♂; Azapa, Arica, December 2024; H. A. Vargas leg.; ex-larva; Tessaria absinthioides; October 2024; “ HOLOTYPE Azaptilia azapensis Vargas ” [red handwritten label]; IDEA-LEPI-2025-09; HAV-1876 [genitalia slide]; BOLD Process ID NCMIC 020-25 (IDEA) . Paratypes. Chile • 3 ♂ 3 ♀, same data as for the holotype IDEA-LEPI-2025-10 to IDEA-LEPI-2025-15; HAV-1877, 1878, 1879, 1884, 1885, 1890 [genitalia slides]; BOLD Process ID NCMIC 021-25 (IDEA) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Azaptilia azapensis is recognized by the presence of a tuft of scales arising near the base of the costa on the upper surface of the male hindwings (Figs 2 A, 3 A); the relatively short vincular processes not overlapping the gnathos, and the suddenly narrowed tip of the vincular processes in the male genitalia (Fig. 4); and the elongated colliculum, about three times longer than wide, in the female genitalia (Fig. 5). The genitalia of A. azapensis strongly resemble those of the only other congeneric A. trichinaspis . However, the scale tuft arising posterior to the discal cell on the lower surface of the male hindwings (Meyrick 1917; Clarke 1969: plate 83, fig. 2); the longer, finger-like vincular processes overlapping the gnathos in the male genitalia (Povolný 1967: fig. 79); and the shorter, square-shaped colliculum in the female genitalia of A. trichinaspis (Povolný 1967: fig. 78) clearly contrast with A. azapensis .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (forewing length 6.1–6.2 mm) (Figs 2, 3). Head. Frons and labial palp having yellowish-white scales with greyish-brown tip; vertex, maxillary palp and haustellum yellowish white; antenna yellowish white, filiform, length about two-thirds the forewing. Thorax. Yellowish-white scales with greyish-brown tip dorsally; yellowish-white laterally; fore- and midleg with yellowish-white scales with greyish-brown tip; hindleg yellowish white; forewing with yellowish-white scales with greyish-brown tip; fringe greyish brown; hindwing yellowish white; a tuft of scales (Figs 2 A, 3 A) arising near base of costa on upper surface and extending to about 2 / 3, light yellowish brown at base, gradually darkening towards tip, becoming black in distal half; fringe yellowish-white. Abdomen. Yellowish white; tergum VIII tongue-like, length in middle about 0.8 times maximum width, anterior margin broadly concave and strongly sclerotized, posterior margin rounded; sternum VIII semicircular, about 0.9 times the length and 1.3 times the wide of tergum VIII (Fig. 3 B). Male genitalia (Fig. 4): Tegumen Y-shaped with deep and broadly concave anterior notch. Uncus a short transverse plate with broadly concave anterior margin, and a triangular postero-medial projection. Gnathos U-shaped, slightly widened in middle. Culticula with abundant microtrichia. Vinculum with deep posterior cleft in middle separating vincular processes, almost reaching posterior margin of saccus; vincular processes with suddenly narrowed tip, not overlapping gnathos; narrowed part of vincular processes setose and with acute apex. Saccus diamond-shaped with rounded anterior tip, about 1.2 times wider than long; partially separated from vinculum by straight oblique cuticular thickenings. Valva mostly narrow and straight; slightly widened and inwardly curved tip; medial third with setose inner side. Sacculus finger-like, setose, short, almost reaching tip of vincular processes. Phallus narrow, elongated, curved, similar in length to valva, with small semicircular projection and small sclerite at tip; coecum swollen.</p><p>Female (Fig. 2 B). Similar to male in size and coloration, but hindwing lacking tuft of scales, and abdominal segment VIII not modified as in male. Female genitalia (Fig. 5): Papillae anales broadly rounded posteriorly, with a few scattered setae. Posterior apophyses rod-shaped, narrow, length about 6.5 times the papillae anales, tip reaching near tip of antrum. Anterior apophyses rod-shaped, stout, length about 0.16 times the posterior apophyses. Tergum VIII interrupted mid-dorsally, latero-ventrally continuous with anterior apophyses and antrum. Antrum gradually narrowing forward; tip reaching about half the length of anterior apophysis; sclerotized lateral part irregularly sculptured; membranous medial part with microtrichia. Ductus bursae with short membranous posterior part and long colliculum about half the length of antrum; inception of ductus seminalis near tip of colliculum. Corpus bursae pear-shaped, mostly membranous, length about 0.6 times the posterior apophyses, with a slightly curved sword-shaped signum with acute tip.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species name is derived from the name of the type locality (Azapa Valley).</p><p>Distribution and natural history</p><p>(Figs 6, 7). Azaptilia azapensis is a little-known moth. It has been collected only at the type locality, the Azapa Valley, in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Its larvae are leaf miners on T. absinthioides, a shrub occurring in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, whose Chilean range extends from 18 to 37°S, from sea level to approximately 3000 m altitude (Rodriguez et al. 2018).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB328CC969F65E1E8B32B89053E9DD36	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ampuero-Vega, Jimena;Campos-Soto, Ricardo;Vargas, Hector A.	Ampuero-Vega, Jimena, Campos-Soto, Ricardo, Vargas, Hector A. (2026): A new genus of Gnorimoschemini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae) from the Atacama and Sechura deserts. ZooKeys 1285: 41-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1285.182943
81CC838E535F51FDA60D6FE9C05FC1CC.text	81CC838E535F51FDA60D6FE9C05FC1CC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Azaptilia trichinaspis (Meyrick 1917) Ampuero-Vega & Campos-Soto & Vargas 2026	<div><p>Azaptilia trichinaspis (Meyrick, 1917) comb. nov.</p><p>Phthorimaea trichinaspis Meyrick, 1917, p. 167 .</p><p>Scrobipalpula trichinaspis (Meyrick, 1917): Povolný (1967), p. 93; Becker (1984), p. 47; Hobern et al. (2025).</p><p>Gnorimoschema trichinaspis (Meyrick, 1917): Clarke (1969), 167.</p><p>Type locality.</p><p>Peru, Lima (Meyrick 1917).</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>See that for A. azapensis .</p><p>Distribution and natural history.</p><p>Only known from the type locality (Meyrick 1917) (Fig. 7). The type material was collected in August (Meyrick 1917).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/81CC838E535F51FDA60D6FE9C05FC1CC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ampuero-Vega, Jimena;Campos-Soto, Ricardo;Vargas, Hector A.	Ampuero-Vega, Jimena, Campos-Soto, Ricardo, Vargas, Hector A. (2026): A new genus of Gnorimoschemini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae) from the Atacama and Sechura deserts. ZooKeys 1285: 41-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1285.182943
733459C2B2B059F79F7F1FDA48FA5F28.text	733459C2B2B059F79F7F1FDA48FA5F28.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Azaptilia Vargas 2026	<div><p>Azaptilia Vargas gen. nov.</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Azaptilia azapensis Vargas, sp. nov., designed here.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The genus name is derived from the name of the type locality (Azapa Valley) of the type species and “ - ptilia ”, a Latinization of the Greek word “ πτίλον ” (plumage). Azaptilia is considered feminine in gender.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Azaptilia is recognized by the following combination of morphological characters: 1) scale tuft on male hindwing, 2) uncus with a triangular postero-medial projection, and 3) U-shaped gnathos. Among the South American Gnorimoschemini, the U-shaped gnathos of Azaptilia resembles that of members of Phthorimaea, such as Phthorimaea perfidiosa Meyrick, 1917 from Colombia (Povolný 1967: fig. 103) and Phthorimaea euchthonia Meyrick, 1939 from Argentina (Povolný 1967: fig. 104), and some representatives of Scrobipalpula, such as Scrobipalpula acuta Povolný, 1990 from Peru (Povolný 1990: fig. 47). However, these three species lack a scale tuft on their male hindwings. Furthermore, the triangular postero-medial projection of the uncus of Azaptilia contrasts with the truncate uncus in P. perfidiosa and P. euchthonia, and the rounded tip of the uncus in S. acuta . The scale tuft on the male hindwing of Azaptilia resembles that described for Symmetrischema nanum Povolný, 1989 and Symmetrischema oblitum Povolný, 1989 from Argentina (Povolný 1989). However, the U-shaped gnathos of Azaptilia contrasts with the narrow, short gnathos of these two species. The triangular postero-medial projection of the uncus of Azaptilia resembles the uncus of Magnifacia aulorrhoa (Meyrick, 1935) from southern Argentina (Povolný 1987: figs 73–75). However, the male of M. aulorrhoa lacks a tuft of scales on the hindwing, and has a Y-shaped gnathos in the genitalia.</p><p>Species included.</p><p>Azaptilia includes the following two species:</p><p>Azaptilia azapensis Vargas, sp. nov.</p><p>Azaptilia trichinaspis (Meyrick, 1917), comb. nov.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Azaptilia is known from the arid environments of the Atacama (Chile) and Sechura (Peru) deserts.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/733459C2B2B059F79F7F1FDA48FA5F28	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Ampuero-Vega, Jimena;Campos-Soto, Ricardo;Vargas, Hector A.	Ampuero-Vega, Jimena, Campos-Soto, Ricardo, Vargas, Hector A. (2026): A new genus of Gnorimoschemini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae) from the Atacama and Sechura deserts. ZooKeys 1285: 41-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1285.182943
