Pseudokoleps Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 9

Pseudokoleps Adamski , new genus

Type species.— Pseudokoleps akainae Adamski , by present designation. Pseudokoleps is known only from Costa Rica.

Description.— Pseudokoleps possesses a unique combination of male features unlike those possessed by other Blastobasinae . They include: gnathos absent; ventral part of valva with ventral margin upturned to middle, forming a wide fold beneath proximal flange of dorsal part; apical part developed into bulbous lobe, bearing a bifurcate process; base of process with a densely packed setal cluster on apical margin; proximal flange subtriangular, pointed ventrally; digitate process of dorsal part of valva apically dilated; juxta divided; and anellus with mesial and marginal setae subequal in length. This combination of features differentiates Pseudokoleps from all other Blastobasinae .

Etymology. The generic name is formed from two Greek words, pseud meaning false and koleps meaning bent knee, and refers to the dissimilarity of Koleps and Pseudokoleps in genital characters despite sharing bifurcate apices of the ventral part of the valva.