Leichosila wagneri Schmidt, 2009
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.9.151 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3B75A32E-5332-4F74-A3BA-974ADDF626C4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3792320 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/98429FDA-3B9D-44BA-8259-6D83D11CFFBB |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:98429FDA-3B9D-44BA-8259-6D83D11CFFBB |
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scientific name |
Leichosila wagneri Schmidt |
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sp. nov. |
Leichosila wagneri Schmidt , sp. n.
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( Figs. 2 View Figures 1-2 , 4 View Figures 3-5 , 7 View Figures 6-9 )
Type material. Holotype male – “C[osta]. RICA: Heredia: / 6 km ENE Vara Blanca , / 1950-2050m, 10°11’N / 84 07’W; 15 ii 2002 / David L. Wagner coll”; “INBio-OET- ALAS / transect / 20/L/01/011”; “Project / ALAS / INB0003216237”; “ HOLOTYPE / Leichosila / wagneri / Schmidt” [red label]; “Genitalia / CNC slide # / 14541”; deposited in INBIO. GoogleMaps
Diagnosis. Distinguished from L. talamanca by the smaller size and darker colouration of L. wagneri , and by the genitalic characters given under the diagnosis for L. talamanca .
Description. A detailed description is given above in the genus description. Characters specific to L. wagneri are as follows: Male (female unknown). Forewing – length 13.4 (n = 1); ground colour dark grey. Hindwing – ground colour dark grey, with indistinct, irregular dark grey subterminal spots and medial spot. Male genitalia – Uncus parallelsided basally, then tapering apically, i. e. bottle-shaped in dorsal profile ( Fig. 7 View Figures 6-9 ); vesica with left diverticulum of two ventro-basal diverticula conical and pointed ( Fig. 4b View Figures 3-5 ).
Etymology. This species is named after David L. Wagner, who collected the type specimen, and whose studies continue to vastly improve our knowledge of the larval biology of North American Lepidoptera .
Distribution and biology. Leichosila wagneri is known only from the type specimen, collected in high elevation forest (1950-2050 m) on Volcán Barva (Cordillera Central) in mid February.
CNC |
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes |
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