Philonome cuprescens Walsingham, 1914

Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Davis, Donald R. & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2015, Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea), ZooKeys 494, pp. 69-106 : 74

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Lyonetiidae

Philonome cuprescens Walsingham, 1914 Figs 2, 21-25

Philonome cuprescens Walsingham, 1914: 346; Davis 1984: 25.

Adult

(Fig. 2). Head: Vertex orange; space between antennal scapes lined with broad pale orange scales; frons brownish white with luster. Antenna 5/6 as long as forewing; scape orange dorsally, brownish white ventrally, pecten reddish brown; flagellomere dark brown on distal half, pale brownish gray on basal half. Labial palpus 1/4 as long as maxillary palpus, pale orange, pale orange. Maxillary palpus lustrous yellowish white dorsally, gray ventrally.

Thorax: Patagium orange; tegula white, tinged with brown basally, yellowish brown subbasally; mesonotum brown with white transverse band at anterior 1/5, lined with yellowish brown anteriorly. Foreleg with coxa, femur and tibia dark brown on exterior surface, lustrous pale reddish brown on interior surface; tarsomeres pale brown dorsally, pale orange ventrally. Midleg with coxa lustrous pale orange; femur lustrous pale orange, tinged with dark grayish brown apically; tibia dark brown dorsally, pale orange ventrally; tarsomeres pale reddish brown dorsally, pale orange ventrally. Hindleg with coxa pale orange; femur pale grayish brown, tinged with pale orange ventrobasally; tibia brown dorsally, pale orange ventrally, with mixture of pale orange and pale brown piliform scales of tuft ventrally; tarsomeres pale reddish brown dorsally, pale orange ventrally. Forewing length 2.8-3.9 mm (n = 2), brown, intermixed with dark brown scales in postmedian area; longitudinal fascia white, closer to costa than to dorsum, accompanied with yellowish brown fascia anteriorly; costal fascia yellowish brown, curved to apex at the middle, accompanied with narrow, white line along lower margin in costal 1/2; dorsal bar white, curved in terminal 1/4, accompanied with yellowish brown spreading in dorsal area, almost connected with longitudinal fascia; subapical spot white, narrow, curved; apical spot white, suffused with reddish brown costally; tornal patch very small; fringe elongate scales dark brown, hairy scales dark grayish brown. Hindwing and fringe dark grayish brown.

Abdomen: Terga lustrous, dark reddish brown; sterna lustrous, pale yellow.

Male genitalia (Figs 21-25): Tegumen rectangular, with subtrapezoidal protrusion apically and subtriangular process laterally; apical protrusion 1/2 as long as valva, with round depression ventro-subapically and triangular anterior extension. Valva elongate, digitate on distal half, setose subapically; costa convex at basal 2/5; sacculus as small, setose bulge. Vinculum broad, elliptical, anterior margin convex medially; saccus short, narrow-subtriangular. Phallus slightly curved at distal 1/3, of even width on distal 3/4, broadened on basal 1/4.

Female unknown.

Types.

Holotype: male, “Type” [circular label with red borders], "Amula, 6000ft. GUERRERO MEXICO VIII 18 (H.H.Smith) (Gdm. Slvn) 66776", "Walsingham Collection, 1910-427", " Philonome ♂ cuprescens Wlsm. Biol. C. Am. Lep. Het. 4. p346, 1914 TYPE ♂ descr" [label with black marginal lines], BMNH. Paratypes: Same data as holotype: 1♂, 1 ex. [hindwing & abdomen missing], Type no. 66778 & 66779, [GSN] USNM 34210 (♂), USNM.

Material examined.

Mexico: Same locality as holotype: 1♂, 2 ex., 18 September [no year] (HH Smith), BMNH.

Distribution.

Mexico (Guerrero).