Chimoptesis caera, Razowski, Józef & Becker, Vitor Osmar, 2015

Razowski, Józef & Becker, Vitor Osmar, 2015, Systematics and faunistics of Neotropical Eucosmini. 1. Chimoptesis Powell, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Zootaxa 3941 (2), pp. 204-220 : 209

Chimoptesis caera , sp. n.

Figs 7 , 41

Diagnosis. Chimoptesis caera is related to C. dentitia , but C. caera has a smaller uncus, oval socii (tapering in C. dentitia ), and simple aedeagus; the valva of this species resembles that of C. faceta but has a short thornless part of the cucullus.

Description. Wing span 19 mm. Male: Head cream brown, thorax brownish. Forewing rather slender; costa straight; fold indistinct; termen not concave. Ground colour brownish, sprinkled whitish; suffusions and strigulation brown; costal strigulae fine, white; divisions brown; ocellar area greyish. Markings concolorous with divisions: basal blotch atrophied, median fascia diffuse proximally. Cilia brown-black. Hindwing cream brown; cilia creamer. Genitalia ( Fig. 7 ) with uncus small, moderately broad; socius elongate-oval, densely hairy; basal part of valva broad, neck short, slender; sacculus angulate, weakly convex; cucullus broadening postmedially; aedeagus simple. Female: Unknown.

Holotype male: " Mexico: Chiapas, San Cristobal de las Casas, 2300 m, 23–27.VI.1981, V.O. Becker Col; Col. Becker 43782"; GS 832 WZ. Four male paratypes with identical label data.

Etymology. The name refers to the ease of identification of this species; Greek: kairos—convenient.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Male genitalia of Chimoptesis. 7, Chimoptesis caera (GS 832 WZ), 8, Chimoptesis castanescens (GS 844 WZ), 9, Chimoptesis cornigera (GS 1345 WZ), 10, Chimoptesis setoses (GS 1255 WZ), 11, Chimoptesis tamaulipasia (GS 969 WZ), 12, Chimoptesis juniptesis (GS 1011 WZ).

FIGURES 35 – 42. Adults of Chimoptesis. 35, Chimoptesis potosiana (paratype female), 36, Chimoptesis obliquaria (holotype male), 37, Chimoptesis angulata (holotype male), 38, Chimoptesis dentitia (holotype male), 39, Chimoptesis dentitia (paratype female), 40, Chimoptesis faceta (holotype male), 41, Chimoptesis caera (holotype male), 42, Chimoptesis castanescens (holotype male).