Mimcochylis fulvotinctana ( Walsingham, 1884 ) Brown, 2019

Brown, John W., 2019, New genera, new species, and new combinations in New World Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), Zootaxa 4671 (2), pp. 195-222 : 214

Mimcochylis fulvotinctana ( Walsingham, 1884) , new combination

Figs. 13 , 28 , 43

Conchylis fulvotinctana Walsingham, 1884: 132 .

Phalonia fulvotinctana: McDunnough 1939: 60 .

“Incertae sedis” [unplaced Cochylini ] fulvotinctana: Razowski 1964: 384 ; Powell 1983: 42; Razowski 1994: 359; Brown 2005: 209; Metzler & Brown 2014: 278.

Cochylis fulvotinctana: Powell et al. 1995: 142 .

Mimcochylis planola Razowski, 1985: 61 , new synonym.

The generic assignment of Conchylis fulvotinctana has been elusive since its description. Walsingham (1884) assigned it to the catch-all genus Conchylis (an unjustified emendation of Cochylis ); McDunnough (1939) placed it in Phalonia ; Razowski (1964) treated it as “incertae sedis), and the latter assignment (unplaced) was followed by Powell (1983), Brown (2005), and Metzler and Brown (2014). Because the type (NHMUK) lacks its abdomen, the generic assignment has remained enigmatic. However, I recently discovered two series of specimens, one from Arizona (USNM) and one from Baja California (SDNHM), that are superficially indistinguishable from the type of fulvotinctana ( Fig. 13 ). The male genitalia ( Fig. 28 ) of the specimens match precisely those illustrated by Razowski (1985: fig. 1) for Mimcochylis planola Razowski, 1985 . Based on these observations, I propose the synonymy of fulvotinctana and planola , and transfer fulvotinctana to Mimcochylis .

According to the original description, Walsingham (1884) had two specimens from Arizona. Razowski (1994: 384) referred to the only one he examined as “ lectotype ” and indicated “without abdomen,” and I interpret this as the designation of that specimen as the lectotype; the specimen bears a holotype label (NHMUK 010921407).

Figures

FIGURES 11–18. Adults of Cochylini genera. 11. Cochylichroa atricapitana, United Kingdom (USNM). 12. Monoceratuncus lantana, Falfurrias, Brooks Co., Texas (USNM). 13. Mimcochylis fulvotinctana, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona (USNM). 14. Aethes ringsi, Highlands, Macon Co., North Carolina (USNM). 15. Aethes triassumenta, old landfill off Hibbs Road, Carteret Co., North Carolina (USNM). 16. Aethes triassumenta, St. Petersburg, Florida (USNM). 17. Thyraylia wiscana, Bernhelm Forest, Bullitt Co. Kentucky (USNM). 18. Thyraylia wiscana, Red River Gorge, Menifee Co., Kentucky (USNM).

FIGURES 27–32. Male genitalia of Cochylini genera. 27. Cochylichroa atricapitana, Germany, USNM slide 152,637. 28. Monoceratuncus lantana, Falfurrias, Texas, USNM slide 23,055. 29. Mimcochylis fulvotinctana, Madera Canyon, Arizona, USNM slide 23,049. 30. Aethes ringsi, Highlands, North Carolina, USNM slide 153,612. 31. Aethes triassumenta, St. Petersburg, Florida, USNM slide 23456. 32. Thyraylia wiscana, Red River Gorge, Kentucky, USNM slide 145,219.

FIGURES 39–43. Female genitalia of Cochylini genera. 39. Nycthia yuccatana, Laguna Atacosa, Texas, USNM slide 150,135. 40. Pogospinia floridana, Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USNM slide 23,216. 41. Cochylichroa atricapitana, Germany, USNM slide 153,638. 42. Monoceratuncus lantana, Fremont, Texas, USNM slide 23,056. 43. Mimcochylis fulvotinctana, Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USNM slide 153,591.