Hypatopa caepae Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 101-102

Hypatopa caepae Adamski , new species

( Figs. 171–172 , 372 , Map 33)

Diagnosis.— Hypatopa caepae is similar to H. cotytto in facies but differs from the latter by having a broader base of the uncus; and a less inwardly curved apical process of the ventral part of valva. H. caepae also has a mesially emarginate ventroposterior margin of the gnathos; an inwardly curved digitate process of the dorsal part of the valva; a subquadrate proximal flange of the dorsal part of the valva, with a serrate lateral margin; a straight phallus; and a setose anellus on the apical 1/2 that is lacking in H. cotytto .

Description.—Head: Scales on vertex, frontoclypeus grayish brown tipped with pale grayish brown. Outer surface of labial palpus grayish brown with pale grayish-brown scales along apical margin of segment 2, inner surface pale grayish brown intermixed with few grayish-brown scales. Antennal scape with grayish-brown scales tipped with white, pecten grayish brown, flagellum grayish brown. Proboscis pale grayish brown.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brown. Legs brown intermixed with pale-brown scales near midsegments and apical margins of tarsomeres. Forewing ( Fig. 372 ): Length 4.5 mm (n = 1), pale brown intermixed with brown scales; base and submedian fascia brown intermixed with pale-brown scales; submedian fascia complete; cell with three brown spots, one near middle [nearly obliterated by submedian fascia], two on apical end along crossvein; marginal spots faint. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Translucent pale brown gradually darkening to apex.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Figs. 171–172 ): Uncus slightly constricted between a broadly rounded base and subapical region, narrowed from subapical region, forming acuminate apex, straight, sparsely setose, shorter than width of anal opening. Gnathos, narrow band, confluent with tegumen, ventroposterior margin narrowly emarginate mesially. Sockets of tergal setae not extending beyond midlength of tegumen. Valva divided; ventral part basally protracted inwardly, gradually widened to midlength, narrowing to base of inwardly curved, spinelike apical process; process slightly curved throughout most of length, acutely curved apically, setose on apical surface, planate on inner surface; ventral margin slightly upturned beyond middle, forming narrow fold to near setose lobe at base of apical process; ventral articulation narrow and elongate, projecting diagonally toward dorsal articulation; dorsal part with apical portion of costa extending dorsally, forming setose digitate process; process broadly curved inwardly; basal ridge of digitate process extending ventrally, fusing with dorsolateral ridge of proximal flange; flange subquadrate, sparsely microtrichiate on dorsal 1/3, setose on ventral 2/3; ventral margin entire, lateral margin deeply serrate. Juxta bandlike. Vinculum semicircular. Phallus and sclerite of phallus longer than valva, phallus nearly straight, sclerite of phallus slightly curved near 2/3; anellus about 1/3 length of phallus, slightly constricted beyond base, rounded apically, setose on apical 1/2. Female Genitalia: Unknown.

Holotype, 3, “Est[ación] Cacao, 1000–1400 m, Lado suroeste del Volcan Cacao, Prov[incia] Guan[acaste], COSTA RICA, C. Chaves, 25 Set [iembre]- 11 Oct [ubre] 1990, L-N-323300, 375700, “INBio: COSTA RICA: CRI000, 590693 [barcode label], “INBio, 3 Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 2172 [yellow label].

Distribution (Map 33). Hypatopa caepae is known from one collecting site on the western most part of the Cordillera de Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica.

Etymology. The specific epithet caepae is derived from the Latin caepa meaning, onion.

Figures

FIGURES 171 – 176. Male genitalia of Blastobasinae. 171 – 172, Hypatopa caepae (slide 2172). 173 – 174, Hypatopa cotytto (slide 2542). 175 – 176, Hypatopa lucina (slide 2401).

FIGURES 368 – 375. Imagos of Blastobasinae. 368, Hypatopa plebis, holotype. 369, Hypatopa dolo, holotype. 370, Hypatopa cyane, holotype. 371, Hypatopa manus, holotype. 372, Hypatopa caepae, holotype. 373, Hypatopa cotytto, holotype. 374, Hypatopa lucina, holotype. 375, Hypatopa scobis, holotype.