Anopinella rastafariana 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 : 21-22

Anopinella rastafariana Brown and Adamski , new species

Figs. 9 , 41 , 66

Diagnosis. The male and female genitalia of A. rastafariana are most similar to those of A. arenalana , however, the two are not similar in facies. The male genitalia of A. rastafariana can be distinguished from those of A. arenalana by the bifurcate apical process of the distal lobe of the gnathos. The female genitalia of A. rastafariana have a narrower sclerotized patch at the lamella postvaginalis and the antrum is broad posteriorly and gradually narrows anteriorly. Putative autapomorphies for A. rastafariana include the peglike seta at the apicoventral angle of the valva; the bidentate apical process of the distal lobe of the gnathos; the large, transverse, flange of the eighth tergum of the female ( Fig. 41 insert); and the shape of the antrum.

Description. Head: Frontoclypeus pale yellowish brown, vertex pale yellowish brown intermixed with some yellowish brown scales tipped with reddish brown; labial palpus with outer surface yellowish brown intermixed with reddish brown and brown, inner surface pale brown. Antenna with scape pale brown intermixed with few brown scales; basal 6­10 flagellomeres brown; distal flagellomeres pale brown.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale yellowish brown intermixed with reddish brown and brown. Forewing (Fig. 66) length 7.5­8.5 mm (mean = 8.2; n = 5); incomplete basal fascia and costal blotch brown intermixed with reddish brown, dark brown, and grayish brown, separated by a wide, oblique, pale band of white intermixed with few pale reddish brown scales demarcating a subtriangular costal blotch, except on posterior end; band recurved from distal costa through subapical area to tornus, encircling an elliptical ocellus, except for the posterior end; ocellus pale gray, nearly indistinct; costal blotch with small subrectangular white spot near posterior end; area between CuP and posterior margin pale reddish brown intermixed with few brown and dark brown scales; apical area yellowish brown intermixed with reddish brown and grayish brown; submarginal area reddish brown intermixed with grayish brown. Fringe pale reddish brown. Hindwing pale gray, with irregular mottling, gradually darkening from base to apex.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 9 ; drawn from USNM slide 68565; n = 2) with uncus curved at ca. apical 0.33. Socius digitate, ca. 0.5 length of basal portion of gnathos arms. Gnathos arms long, apically enlarged into a pair of broad, laterally flattened lobes, fused basally, abruptly protuberant apically, forming a distal bidentate process. Valva comparatively broad, densely setose from cucullus to basal ridge; cucullus broadly rounded laterally to apicoventral angle; apicoventral angle bearing a peglike seta; ventral margin gently curved from sacculus to apicoventral angle. Phallus simple, relatively short, phallobase rounded; vesica densely microtrichiate. Female genitalia ( Fig. 41 ; drawn from USNM slide 69504; n = 1) with weakly developed, elliptical sclerotized mesal patch at lamella postvaginalis; eighth tergum with a large, curved, transverse flange at anterior edge ( Fig. 41 insert); ostium broadly U­shaped, ca. 0.5 X width of seventh sternum at widest point; antrum broad at ostium, tapered anterad. Ductus bursae long, slender, inception of accessory bursae ca. equidistant from ostium and corpus bursae. Corpus bursae large, subspherical, spiculate on ca. 0.2 of side bearing ductus seminalis.

Holotype, ɗ, Jamaica, Portland Parish, 1 mi [1.6 km] N Hardware Gap, 12­20 Nov 1966, E. L. Todd. Deposited in USNM.

Paratypes (2ɗ, 2Ψ). JAMAICA: Portland Parish, 1 mi [1.6 km] N Hardware Gap, 12­ 20 Nov 1966 (1ɗ, 2Ψ), E. L. Todd (USNM). St. Catharine's Parish, Mt. Diablo, Hollymount, 2754' [850 m], 21­24 Apr 1973 (1ɗ), D. & M. Davis (USNM).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from Rastafarianism, a popular religious sect in Jamaica.

Figures

FIGURES 9 ­ 10. Male genitalia of Anopinella, valvae spread, aedeagus removed. 9, A. rastafariana; 10, A. arenalana.

FIGURES 40 ­ 41. Female genitalia of Anopinella, posterior end up. 40, A. razowskii, with insert of tergum eight; 41, A. rastafariana, with insert of tergum eight.