Rubropsichia kartaboana, Razowski, Józef, 2011

Razowski, Józef, 2011, Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical Mictopsichia group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Zootaxa 3058, pp. 63-68 : 67

Rubropsichia kartaboana sp. n.

Figs. 3, 4 , 11

Diagnosis. Rubropsichia kartaboana is similar to and very closely related to R. fuesliniana and R. santaremana , but it can be distinguished from those two by its long, fused socii; its simple, slightly convex sacculus; and its short, rather plesiomorphic aedeagus.

Description. Head: Dark brown, vertex beige; labial palpus dark brown, length ca. 1.3 times diameter of compound eye. Thorax: Olive brown, with median part and collar orange. Forewing length 9.5 mm (n = 2); ground colour orange, much paler in apical and tornal areas; reticulation dark grey; refractive pattern distinct; markings in posterior third of wing and blotch before mid-costa dark brown. Fringe brown, paler basally. Hindwing orange with brown lines: small apical fascia, long subapical fascia, and incomplete fascia extending from end of CuP. Fringe brownish, more cream above dark brown basal line. Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Figs. 3, 4 ) with socii long, fused medially; uncus greatly reduced; vinculum broad; valva slender, long, weakly angulate beyond ventral concavity, with strong group of bristles near angle; sacculus slender, weakly convex; aedeagus short, broad; coecum penis short. Female unknown.

Holotype male. British Guiana: Bartica District: Kartabo, 23 August 1922; GS USNM 134,117. Paratype (one male): Same data as holotype, except 26 September 1922.

Etymology. The name refers to the type locality of Kartabo.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Male and female genitalia. 1, 2. Mictopsichia misahaullia sp. n., holotype. 3, 4. Rubropsichia kartaboana sp. n., holotype. 5, 6. Chamaepsichia cetonia sp. n., holotype. 7. Mictopsichia chirripoana sp. n., holotype. 8. Chamaepsichia chitonregis sp. n., holotype.

FIGURES 9 – 13. Adults. 9. Mictopsichia misahaullia sp. n., holotype. 10. Mictopsichia chirripoana sp. n., holotype. 11. Rubropsichia kartaboana sp. n., holotype. 12. Chamaepsichia cetonia sp. n., holotype. 13. Chamaepsichia chitonregis sp. n., holotype.