Yelicones markmetzi Sharkey sp. nov. Figure 457

Diagnostics.

BOLD:ADD0488. Consensus barcode. GGATTAGTAGGATTATCTTTAAGAGTGATTATTCGATTAGAATTAAGTAATTTGGGGAGGTTACTAGGAAGAGACCAGATTTATAATGTAGTAGTAACTATACATGCCTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTGATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGGTTTGGGAATTGGTTAGTTCCATTAATGATAGGGGGGCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCACGGATGAATAATATGAGGTTTTGGTTATTATTACCCTCATTTTTTTTGATAATATTAAGAGGATTTATAAATGTAGGGGGAGGAACGGGGTGGACTATTTACCCTCCTTTAAGGTCTTTAATAGGGCATATAGGAGTTTCTGTTGATATAATAATTTTTTCTTTGCATTTAGCAGGGGTTCTTCTATTATAGGGGCTGTAAATTTTATTACTACTATTTTTAATATAAATTTATTTTTACAGATGGATCAAATTGTATTATTTTCATGGTCGGTATTAATTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTAATATCTTTGCCAGTTTTAGCAGGAGGGATTACGATGTTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTAGGTTTTTTGATTATTCGGGGGGGGGG. Keys to couplet 40 in Areekul and Quicke (2006) where it fails because the forewing is yellow basally and dark apically, without a transverse band below the stigma, which is uniformly brown rather than bicolored or dark yellow.

Holotype ♂.

Guanacaste, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Vado Agria, 10.75876, -85.37543, 560 meters, caterpillar collection date: 7/vii/2008, wasp eclosion date: 25/viii/2008. Depository: CNC.

Host data. Accinctapubes albifasciata ( Pyralidae) feeding on Damburneya salicifolia ( Lauraceae).

Host caterpillar and holotype wasp voucher codes. 08-SRNP-56572, DHJPAR0028135.

Paratypes.

None.

Etymology.

Yelicones markmetzi is named in recognition of Mark Metz’s contribution to the inventory of ACG through the identification of Gelechioidea .