Anthozela psychotriae, Razowski, Józef & Brown, John W., 2012

Razowski, Józef & Brown, John W., 2012, Descriptions of new Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) reared from native fruit in Kenya, Zootaxa 3222, pp. 1-27 : 9-10

Anthozela psychotriae , sp. n.

Figs. 5 , 19 , 33

Diagnosis. Anthozela psychotriae is superficially similar to its congeners, with the basal 0.33 of the forewing dark, variably overscaled with bright yellow or greenish yellow, and the distal 0.66 coppery-orange, irregularly spotted with leaden gray and/or blue gray. The male genitalia of A. psychotriae are closest to those of A. chrysoxantha , but the cucullus bears a large, dense patch of spines ventrally and is separated from the sacculus by a deep, rounded invagination; and the gnathos lobes are shorter, not meeting distally over the uncus. The male also lacks the paired patches of spiniform setae on the 8th abdominal segment ( Horak 2006: fig. 499). The female genitalia of A. psychotriae are distinguished by the minute signa, ca. 0.25 the length of those of its congeners.

Description. Male. Head: Vertex and frons mixed dark gray and bright yellow; labial palpus bright yellow, length ca. 1.5 times horizontal diameter of compound eye. Thorax: Notum brown with scattered bright yellow scales; legs unmodified. Forewing length 3.8–4.2 mm (mean = 4.0; n = 7); forewing broad, expanding distally; costa gently arched; termen convex; basal 0.33 of forewing olive brown with bright yellow scales; distal 0.66 reddish with series of irregular, olive brown to leaden gray refractive spots and dots forming incomplete rows; costal strigulae small, white, separated by brown; fringe reddish, irregularly interrupted with brown. Hindwing dark brown with slender, poorlydeveloped anal fold along margin bearing long, thin scales; fringe slightly lighter brown. Abdomen: Without paired patches of elongate spiniform setae on 8th segment. Genitalia ( Fig. 19 ) with gnathos small, rounded, not meeting distally above uncus, with distinct, uniform row of marginal spines; valva moderately short, broad at base, somewhat parallel-sided in distal 0.25 (i.e., cucullus), with rounded apex; sacculus angulate; deep, rounded excavation immediately before ventral lobe of cucullus, with ventral lobe distinctly clothed with spines; phallus small, ca. 0.3 length of valva, with a pair of stout cornuti.

Female. Head and thorax: Essentially as described for male, except forewing length 4.2–5.5 mm (mean = 4.8; n = 10) and hindwing without anal fold, frenulum with three bristles. Abdomen: Genitalia ( Fig. 33 ) with sterigma weakly bilobed, shield-shaped, with narrow, median, slightly elevated, U-shaped protuberance; antrum well sclerotized, concave posteriorly; cingulum short; ductus seminalis originating at junction of corpus and ductus bursae; corpus bursae ovoid, finely and uniformly punctate throughout, with frail parabursa (accessory sac) from anterior end; a pair of very small subtriangular signa.

Holotype (3): Kenya, Eastern Province, Kirimiri Forest, 0°25.62’S, 37°32.83’E, 1710 m, 28 May 2002, A&M Coll. #2052, r.f. Psychotria lauracea [ Rubiaceae ]; not dissected.

Paratypes (63, 22Ƥ). Same data as holotype (13, 4Ƥ); GS USNM 128,813. CENTRAL PROVINCE: Njukiini Forest, 1455 m, 0°31.15’S, 37°25.19’E, 24 Jul 2001 (13), A&M Coll. #1397, r.f. Chaetacme aristata [ Ulmaceae ]. COAST PROVINCE: Buda Forest, 88 m, 4°27.79’S, 39°24.20’E, 23 Nov 2001 (13), A&M Coll. #1552, r.f. Psychotria faucicola , GS USNM 95,905. Gede Forest, 30 m, 3°18.47’S, 40°00.90’E, 8 Oct 1999 (13, 9Ƥ), A&M Coll.#299, r.f. Psychotria punctata var. punctata ; GS USNM 128,814. Road to Gede Forest, 35 m, 3°18.318’S, 40°00.995’E, 8 Oct 1999 (13, 2Ƥ), KIP Coll. #205, r.f. Psychotria punctata var. punctata . Shimba Hills: 406 m, 4°10.71’S, 39°26.64’E, 10 Aug 2002 (13), A&M Coll. #2076 and 421 m, 4°11.03’S, 40°01.66’E, 8 Jun 2000 (1Ƥ), GS USNM 95914, KIP #592, r.f. Psychotria lauracea ; 383 m, 4°15.704’S, 39°22.744’E, 8 Sep 2004 (1Ƥ), A&M Coll. #3005, r.f. Psychotria punctata var. punctata . Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, 55 m, 3°25.25’S, 39°53.89’E, 6 Oct 1999 (1Ƥ), A&M Coll. #302, R. S. Copeland, ICIPE/USAID, r.f. Psychotria punctata var. punctata . EASTERN PROVINCE: Kirimiri Forest, 1698 m, 0°25.616’S, 37°32.834’E, 8 Nov 2001 (3Ƥ), A&M Coll. #1539, r.f. Psychotria lauracea . Kiangombe Hill, 1295 m, 0°32.860’S, 37°42.133’E, 29 Aug 2002 (1Ƥ), A&M Coll. #2195, r.f. Psychotria sp.

Etymology. The species name refers to the generic name of the food plant.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Adults of Tortricidae. 1, Phtheochroa aarviki (paratype male), 2, Endothenia ator (holotype female), 3, Endothenia ator (paratype male), 4, Concinocordis wilsonarum (holotype male), 5, Anthozela psychotriae (paratype female), 6, Cosmetra podocarpivora (holotype male), 7, Cosmetra taitana (holotype male), 8, Gypsonoma scolopiae (paratype male).

FIGURES 15 – 22. Male genitalia. 15, Phtheochroa aarviki, genital capsule (GS USNM 84,907), 16, P. aarviki, phallus (GS USNM 84,907), 17, Endothenia ator (GS USNM 85,887), 18, Concinocordis wilsonarum (GS USNM 128,811), 19, Anthozela psychotriae (GS USNM 95,905), 20, Cosmetra podocarpivora (GS USNM 124,453), 21, Cosmetra taitana (GS USNM 124,442), 22, Gypsonoma scolopiae (GS USNM 128,819)

FIGURES 29 – 33. Female genitalia. 29, Phtheochroa aarviki (GS USNM 84906), 30, Endothenia ator (GS USNM 124,476), 31, Concinocordis wilsonarum (GS USNM 128,812), 32, Anthozela chrysoxantha (GS USNM 124,066), 33, Anthozela psychotriae (GS USNM 128,814).