Lumaria phuntschona, Groenen & Wangdi, 2019

Groenen, Frans & Wangdi, Karma, 2019, The Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Bhutan, Zootaxa 4658 (3), pp. 526-540 : 530

Lumaria phuntschona , sp. nov.

Figs. 15 , 42–43

Holotype. ♂, Bhutan, Chhukha, Phuntscholing 26 º55´14´´N 89º31´17´´E, 2030 m, 5.viii.2016, sta. 8, C. Gielis, genitalia slide FG3305 , NBCS).

Diagnosis. Lumaria phuntschona is a small, pale brown species with an oblique blackish brown median band and a dot at the end of the discal cell. It is superficially similar to L. lotsunica Razowki, 2015 , but it can be distinguished by its longer uncus and sacculus.

Description. Male. Head ( Fig. 15 ): Pale brown, length of labial palpus about 1.2 times diameter of compound eye. Thorax: Nota and tegulae pale brown, mixed with darker brown and black. Forewing length 5 mm, forewing subtriangular, costa slightly curved, termen slightly concave, dorsum straight; ground colour pale brown, strigulated with blackish brown, basal fascia indicated by blackish brown scales, median fascia an oblique band, straight in proximal half, broadening in dorsal half, with a small blackish brown dot at end of cell, subapical dot with a narrow line connected to tornus. Fringe concolourous with wing, with traces of black scales, more whitish at tornus. Hindwings whitish to pale brown, darker brown on periphery, apically with some strigulation. Fringe pale brown with a darker subbasal band. Abdomen: Genitalia ( Fig. 42–43 ) with tegumen moderate, uncus club-shaped, basal part ca. 2 times length of setose, expanded apex; socii very small; gnathos large, slender, with median plate pointed apically; sacculus elongate-triangular, braod at base, attenuate distally, weakly curved upwards in distal one-fourth, pointed apically, extending beyond valva, upper edge serrate with long setae, lower edge with short setae. Female unknown.

Distribution. Bhutan.

Etymology. The specific epithes refers to the collecting locality of Phuntscholing.

Figures

FIGURES 1‒18. Adults of Cochylini, Tortricini, Archipini. 1. Eupoecilia jakarana, male holotype. 2. E. jakarana, male paratype. 3. E. gedui, male holotype. 4. Acleris perfundana, female. 5. Epagoge species, female. 6. Archips limatus, male, dark form. 7. A. limatus, male, pale form. 8. A. limatus, female. 9. A. dispilana, female. 10. Chirapsina expleta, male. 11. C. expleta, female. 12. Clepsis humana, male. 13. Adoxophyes privatana, male. 14. Lumaria probolias, female. 15. L. phuntschona, male, holotype. 16. Meridemis bathymorpha, male. 17. Meridemis bathymorpha, female. 18. Borneogena trashiyana, female, holotype.

FIGURES 37‒55. Male and female genitalia of Tortricini, Archipini, Olethreutini, and Eucosmini. 37. Archips limatus, male. 38. A. limatus, phallus. 39. Chirapsina expleta, male. 40. C. expleta, phallus. 41. Clepsis humana, male. 42. Lumaria phuntschona, male. 43. L. phuntschona, phallus. 44. Meridemis bathymorpha, male. 45. M. bathymorpha, phallus. 46. Isodemis illiberalis, male. 47. I illiberalis, phallus. 48. Lobesia ambigua, male. 49. Penthostola subnigrantis, male holotype. 50. Metendothenia ordospina, male. 51. Gibberifera glaciata, male. 52. Lepteucosma charassuncus, male. 53. Epiblema charasdrias, male. 54. Epiblema albulusana, male holotype. 55. Acleris perfundana, female.