Cyphophanes khitchakutensis Muadsub and Pinkaew, 2014

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2014, Two new species of Enarmoniini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from eastern Thailand, Zootaxa 3841 (1), pp. 127-134 : 133

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.1.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6FB24193-A0DB-4494-8C2C-F7591E614E9C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4927935
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BB7D9906-FFF3-3E2D-20AF-CC7369CFF854
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cyphophanes khitchakutensis Muadsub and Pinkaew
status	sp. nov.

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Cyphophanes khitchakutensis Muadsub and Pinkaew View in CoL , n. sp.

( Figs. 1C–D View FIGURE 1 , 2B, 2D View FIGURE 2 , 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 )

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by a blackish brown forewing with diffuse metallic blue scales and greyish white costal strigulae, by forewing R 5 reaching the apex, by a long ribbon-shaped anal lobe nearly reaching the anal angle in the male hindwing, and by slender, rather short, slightly upcurved labial palpi with a short terminal segment. The male genitalia are characterized by a wide tegumen apex with two lateral lobes with dense scale sockets and by a very slender valva gradually tapering to an apical spine. In the female genitalia the sterigma is small and U-shaped sterigma and is thickening anterior to the ostium, the ductus bursae is long and narrow, and the corpus bursae has two very small, thorn-like signa and a small sclerotized plate in the posterior area. The characters of R 5 reaching the apex in the forewing and the very small signa in the female genitalia distinguish this species from all other known Cyphophanes .

Description: Head. Ocellus large, vertex, frons, labial palpus and antenna blackish brown; labial palpus rather short (1.5X diameter of eye) ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ), porrect to upcurved, second segment upcurved, slender, only slightly widened distally, terminal segment short.

Thorax. Smooth, with raised scale tuft posteriorly, blackish brown, legs unmodified. Forewing length 3.4–3.5 mm in male (n = 2) ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ) 4.06 mm in female (n = 1) ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ); subrectangular with apex broadly rounded, costa evenly curved, apex broadly rounded, termen sinuate, slightly concave from M 2 to beyond CuA 1; forewing venation with all R veins separate, R 5 reaching to apex, M 3 and CuA 1 diverging from base, then converging at margin ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); ground color blackish brown, with little obvious pattern of blackish patches, with conspicuous spots of bluish metallic scales scattered across wing, with small, white strigulae along costa; underside pale brown with greyish white strigulae on costa. Hindwing with long, ribbon-shaped anal lobe in male, nearly reaching anal angle; venation with M 2 separate from very short-stalked M 3 and CuA 1, 3A reaching to anal margin 1/3 length of 1A+2A ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); brown to dark brown, slightly paler towards base; underside light brown.

Abdomen. Male genitalia ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Tegumen high, nearly equally wide throughout length, moderately sclerotized, with two laterodistal round lobes with dense, long, hair-like bristles separated by small asetose medial apex; socius membranous, covered with moderately dense scale sockets; gnathos represented by a weak sclerotized band, arising from half length of tegumen; vinculum small; valva simple, slender, sinuate, moderately sclerotized, gradually tapering to downcurved apex with single short spine; juxta small; caulis rather long; phallus moderately long, weakly curved medially, gradually tapering from wide base to pointed apex, without cornuti. Female genitalia ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Papillae anales with dense setae. Tergum VIII asetose, lateral triangular extensions with a small patch of scale sockets; Tergum VII extending ventrolaterally to behind weakly sclerotized sternum VII, the latter moderately scaled, more densely on posterior margin; sterigma beyond posterior margin of sternum VII, U-shaped, sclerotized ventrally, laterally with small, narrow patch of microtrichia; colliculum slender, long, moderately sclerotized; ductus bursae long, membranous; ductus seminalis arising from anterior end of ductus bursae; corpus bursae subovate, posterior end with small, signum-like sclerites, with two very small, unequal sized, thorn-shaped signa.

Holotype ♂. Thailand: Chanthaburi Prov.: Khao Khitchakut N.P., 12°51'04"N 102°12'10"E, ca. 98 m, 14-15 Dec 2012, N. Pinkaew, np5560 (genitalia slide NP1849). Deposited in BMNH. GoogleMaps

Paratypes. Thailand: Trat Prov.: Trat Agroferestry R.St., 12°23'43"N 102°40'32"E, ca. 30 m, 24–25 Dec 2011, N. Pinkaew (1♂, genitalia slide NP1558), 21–23 Apr 2012 (1♀, genitalia slide NP1650). Deposited in KKIC GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific epithet khitchakutensis refers to the name of the type locality Khao Khitchakut National Park.

Distribution. Thailand (Chanthaburi and Trat).