Ancylosis (Pseudocabotia) balconiensis (Blanchard and Knudson) Hayden & Dickel, 2014

Hayden, James E. & Dickel, Terhune S., 2014, New North American records of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Pyralidae) from southern Florida, Insecta Mundi 2014 (361), pp. 1-16 : 7

Ancylosis (Pseudocabotia) balconiensis (Blanchard and Knudson) n. comb.

Figures 2D , 3J , 5I .

Pseudocabotia balconiensis Blanchard and Knudson, 1985: 235 ( USA: Texas); Shaffer, 1995: 99.

New records. 1M: “ USA, FL: Bro.[ward] Co. Hollywood N. Ocean Dr. Port Everglades 26.091028°N 80.109828°W UV trap 20/ 21-VII-2013 J.E. Hayden”. MGCL slide 1288 (FSCA).

Discussion. The species was described from central Texas. The Florida specimen was collected among Coccoloba trees and weeds on the barrier island adjacent to Port Everglades. The high-traffic location is less than surprising, but without knowledge of its host plants, the introduction pathway remains speculative. It is smaller and paler than A. bonhoti , and the cluster of fused tack-shaped signa in the crook of the diverticulum bursae is unique.

We revise Pseudocabotia Blanchard and Knudson, 1985 as a subgenus of Ancylosis . Ancylosis (Pseudocabotia) balconiensis actually fits Roesler’s (1973) characterization of Palaearctic Cabotia better than does A. bonhoti in its possession of non-sinuate male antennae, simple maxillary palpi, and absence of valve claspers. In view of the classificatory problems discussed under A. bonhoti , we refrain from assigning A. balconiensis to another subgenus. Indeed, Old World “ Cabotia ” species might be better assigned to Pseudocabotia , but such further actions should depend on phylogenetic analysis.

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Figure 2. Habitus: A) Nomophila triticalis (FL, Vero Beach; FSCA).B) Microthyris lelex (FL, Key Largo Hammocks St. Bot. Site, 24 Feb. 1995; TSDC). C) Ancylosis bonhoti (FL, Fuchs Hammock, 28 Dec. 1986; TSDC). D) Ancylosis balconiensis (FL, Hollywood, Port Everglades, 20/21 July 2013; FSCA). Scale bars = 5 mm.

Figure 3. Heads in lateral aspect (not to scale): A) Ennomosia basalis male (same as Fig. 1A). B) E. basalis female (same as Fig. 1B). C) Neoleucinodes torvis male (Dominica, Mar. 1965; NMNH). D) N. torvis female (Dominica, Oct. 1964; NMNH). E) Lineodes triangulalis (same as Fig. 1E). F) Cangetta micralis (FL, Upper Key Largo, 22 Feb. 1992; TSDC). G) Nomophila triticalis (same as fig. 2A). H) Microthyris lelex (same as Fig. 2B). I) Ancylosis bonhoti (FL, Fuchs Hammock, 28 Dec. 1986; TSDC). J) Ancylosis balconiensis (same as Fig. 2D).

Figure 5. Male genitalia: A) Microthyris lelex (Colombia, Valle Prov. Anchicaya Dam, 11 Aug. 1973, MGCL slide 1124; FSCA). B) Ancylosis bonhoti (FL, Homestead, April 2013; MGCL slide 1304; FSCA). C) Female genitalia of Ennomosia basalis (FL, Monroe Co. Key Largo Hammocks State Bot. Site, 31 Mar. 1995, JEH slide 1369, TSDC). D) same as previous, detail of signum. E) tympanal organs of female E. basalis (JEH slide 1369). Female genitalia: F) Neoleucinodes torvis (Dominica, Clarke Hall, 26-31 Oct. 1964, NMNH slide 114946; NMNH). G) Cangetta micralis (FL, Monroe Co. Upper Key Largo, 11 Mar. 1992, JEH slide 1587; TSDC). H) Ancylosis bonhoti (FL, Miami-Dade Co. Miami, 19 Mar. 2013, MGCL slide 1113; FSCA). I) Ancylosis balconiensis (FL, Hollywood, MGCL slide 1286; FSCA).