Anopinella cuzco Brown and Adamski

Brown, John W. & Adamski, David, 2003, Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera, Zootaxa 200, pp. 1-94 : 30-31

Anopinella cuzco Brown and Adamski , new species

Figs. 19 , 77

Diagnosis. Anopinella cuzco is nearly identical to A. choko in facies and male genitalia. Both possess an unmodified, strongly bent uncus; moderately long socii; a gnathos typical of the Fana Species Group; and short spines along the venter of the valva in the vicinity of the apicoventral angle ( Figs. 19­20 ). The two can be distinguished by the phallus ­ broader in A. cuzco , with three distal sclerotized plates in the vesica. It is possible that the two are conspecific, and that the latter feature merely represents variation or an artifact of the slide mounted preparations. However, the geographic distance between collecting localities (i.e., A. choko is known only from Colombia and A. cuzco only from Peru) adds support to the hypothesis that the two are distinct.

Description. Head: Frontoclypeus and vertex pale brown intermixed with brown [labial palpus missing]. Antenna with scape and 8­9 basal flagellomeres brown intermixed with pale brown; distal flagellomeres pale gray.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brown intermixed with pale brown and reddish brown. Forewing (Fig. 77) length 7.9 mm (n = 1); basal fascia incomplete, brown intermixed with pale brown and reddish brown; costal blotch mostly dark brown posteriorly; basal fascia and costal blotch separated by an oblique band of pale brown intermixed with few reddish brown and brown scales demarcating anterior part of basal fascia and costal blotch to CuP; a crenulate band recurved from distal costa through subapical area to tornus encircling an elongate ocellus, except posterior part; ocellus with outer margin crenulate; costal blotch with a small, white, subtriangular spot near posterior end; apical area gray; submarginal area dark brown intermixed with reddish brown. Fringe with inner portion gray, outer portion pale brown. Hindwing brown.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 19 ; drawn from BMNH slide 29093; n = 1) with uncus bent at basal 0.33. Socius digitate, ca. 0.5 length of basal portion of gnathos arms. Basal portion of gnathos arms wide, mesal portion gradually narrowed, distal portion bearing protuberant upcurved lobes with entire margins; lobes connected dorsally by a hoodshaped arch. Valva long, densely setose from inner surface of cucullus to near basal ridge; costa straight from subbasal curve to upturned apex; sacculus slightly rounded; postsaccular margin broadly emarginate, distally recurved; apicoventral area elongate, forming an elongate cucullus; cucullus truncate apically. Phallus simple; vesica densely microtrichiate, with three plate­like cornuti. Female unknown.

Holotype, ɗ, Peru, Cuzco , Pilcopata, 1000 m, 11­13 Aug 1982. Deposited in BMNH. Etymology. The specific epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality, Cuzco , Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 19 ­ 20. Male genitalia of Anopinella, valvae spread, aedeagus removed. 19, A. cuzco; 20, A. choko.