Hypatopa caedis Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 94-95

Hypatopa caedis Adamski , new species

( Figs. 161–162 , 367 , Map 31)

Diagnosis.— Hypatopa caedis possesses the following unique combination of features: ventroposterior margin of gnathos widely emarginate mesially; ventrolaterally curved, spinelike, apical process of the ventral part of the valva; and juxta divided. This combination of character states differentiates it from all other congeners.

Description.—Head: Scales on vertex and frontoclypeus grayish brown tipped with pale grayish brown. Outer surface of labial palpus grayish brown, inner surface pale grayish brown. Antennal scape and pecten pale grayish brown [many scales missing], flagellum grayish brown; first flagellomere unmodfied in male. Proboscis pale grayish brown.

Thorax: Tegula with basal 1/3 grayish brown, apical 2/3 pale grayish brown; mesonotum grayish brown. Legs brown intermixed with pale grayish-brown scales near midsegments and along apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing ( Fig. 367 ): Length 3.8 mm (n = 1), white intermixed with pale grayish-brown scales and grayish-brown scales tipped with pale grayish brown; cell with two small, brown spots on apical end along crossvein. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Translucent pale brown gradually darkening to apex.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Figs. 161–162 ): Uncus narrowed from broadly rounded base, acutely downcurved and laterally flattened apically, sparsely setose, shorter than width of anal opening. Gnathos, narrow ring, confluent with tegumen, ventroposterior margin widely emarginate mesially. Sockets of tergal setae not extending beyond midlength of tegumen. Valva divided; ventral part basally protracted inwardly, gradually widened to middle, narrowing to base of ventrolaterally curved, spinelike, apical process; process setose on outer surface, planate on inner surface; ventral margin sparsely setose; dorsal part with apical portion of costa extending dorsolaterally, forming setose digitate process; basal ridge of digitate process extending ventrally, fusing with dorsal ridge of proximal flange; flange ellipsoid, setose; margin shallowly crenulate, setose along lateral margin. Juxta divided. Vinculum semicircular. Phallus and sclerite of phallus longer than valva; phallus straight, sclerite of phallus shallowly sigmoid-shaped; anellus wide basally, parallelsided, broadly rounded apically, setose. 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, 390079 [barcode label], “INBio, 3 Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 2150 [yellow label].

MAP 31. Distribution of Hypatopa caedis (●) and H. plebis (˔).

Distribution (Map 31). Hypatopa caedis is known from one collecting site in northwestern Costa Rica on the western most part of the Cordillera de Guanacaste.

Etymology. The specific epithet caedis is derived from the Latin caedes meaning, a killing or slaughter.

Figures

FIGURES 159 – 164. Male genitalia of Blastobasinae. 159 – 160, Hypatopa arxcis (slide 2664). 161 – 162, Hypatopa caedis (slide 2150). 163 – 164, Hypatopa plebis (slide 2210).

FIGURES 360 – 367. Imagos of Blastobasinae. 360, Hypatopa pica, holotype. 361, Hypatopa hecate, holotype. 362, Hypatopa acus, holotype. 363, Hypatopa crux, holotype. 364, Hypatopa limae, holotype. 365, Hypatopa hera, holotype. 366, Hypatopa arxcis, holotype. 367, Hypatopa caedis, holotype.