Glyphidocera eminetiae, DAVID ADAMSKI, 2005

DAVID ADAMSKI, 2005, Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae), Zootaxa 858, pp. 1-158 : 59-61

Glyphidocera eminetiae , new species

(Figs. 90–92, 317, Map 17 )

Diagnosis.— Glyphidocera eminetiae is similar to G. gemmae but differs from the latter by having an upturned apical furca of the valval costa, a more angular distal part of the valva, and a smaller apical cornutus of the aedeagal vesica.

Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus pale brownish yellow; outer surface of labial palpus pale brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales, inner surface pale brownish yellow; scape of antenna pale brownish yellow, flagellum with alternating bands of pale brownish­yellow and brown scales; male 4th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres 5–6; concavity nearly closed by a few setiform scales on apex of protuberance of 4th flagellomere; proboscis pale brownish yellow.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales. Legs pale brownish yellow intermixed with few brown scales. Forewing (Fig. 317): Length 6.2–7.6 mm (n = 11), pale brownish yellow intermixed with brown scales; costa and distal 1/4 darker patterned; cell with 2 large spots, 1 near middle, 1 near distal end [some specimens with some or all spots absent]. Undersurface brownish gray. Hindwing: Pale brownish gray.

Abdomen (Fig. 90): Male with 3–4 transverse, irregular rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga 2–3, and two small, elliptical­shaped clusters of sex scales on dorsolateral surface of intersegmental membrane between terga 3–4.

Male Genitalia (Figs. 91–92): Uncus elongate, wide basally, broadly constricted near 2/3, apically widened, tapering to an acuminate and setose apex; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, narrow throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing about 2/3 distance from posteroventral margin of tegumen, gradually widening dorsally to base of uncus; costa of valva nearly straight from base to subapical part; apical furca, acuminate, and slightly upturned; base of costa bearing a slanted digitate process; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva near midlength, distoventrally forming a broadly rounded cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica sparsely spinulate, bearing a short, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus shortened on one side, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.

Female Genitalia: Unknown.

Holotype, ɗ, “Est[ación] Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S S[an]ta Cecilia, P[arque] N[acional] Guanacaste, Prov[incia] Guanacaste, COSTA RICA, C. Moraga, 31 Mar.–15 Abr. 1992, L­ N­330200, 380200”, “INBio, COSTA RICA: CRI000, 725144” [bar code label], “INBio, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 756” [yellow label].

Paratypes (10 ɗ): 6 ɗ, Same label data as holotype except, “ 2–9 Mar. 1992 ”, “CRI000, 414805”, “Slide No. 769”, “CRI000,414789”, “Slide No. 770”; “ 3–9 Feb. 1992 ”, “CRI000, 537631”, “Slide No. 762”; “ Jul. 1991, “CRI000, 300184 ”, “ PARATYPE, Glyphidocera guaroa Adamski ”, “Slide No. 1075”; “10 Set. 22 Oct 1990 ”, “CRI000, 628172”, “Slide No. 757”; Ene 1995, C. Moraga, L­N­329950, 380450, # 4354”, “CRI002, 131715”, “ PARATYPE, Glyphidocera guaroa Adamski ”, “Slide No. 1076”; 2 ɗ, “ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Est. Biológica, La Selva, 50–150 m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W, Apr.

1996, INBio­OET”, 22 Abril 1996, L/00/221, CES 200 m ”, “CRI002, 061202”, “ Slide No. 869”; “13 Marzo 1996, L/00/184, Sura 350 m ”, “CRI002, 058005”, “Slide No. 871”; 1 ɗ, “Est. Magsasay, P. N. Braulio Carrillo, 200 m, Prov. Here., COSTA RICA, R. Aguilar, Abr. 1991, L­N­ 264000, 531100”, “CRI000, 275070”, “ PARATYPE, Glyphidocera guaroa Adamski”, “Slide No. 1067”; 1 ɗ, “Sector Cerro Cocori, Fca. de E. Rojas, 150 m, Prov. Limón, COSTA RICA, Feb. 1993, E. Rojas, L­N­ 286000, 567500 ”, “ PARATYPE, Glyphidocera guaroa Adamski”, “Slide No. 1036”, (5 in INBio, 5 in USNM).

Distribution ( Map 17 ): Glyphidocera eminetiae is known from five collecting sites in northern Costa Rica; two nearby sites in the north­west along the Cordillera de Guanacaste, two nearby sites in the north­central part of the country along the Cordillera Central, and one site half way between Tortuguero and Barra del Colorado.

Etymology: The species epithet eminetiae is derived from the Latin “eminetia,” meaning prominence.

Figures

MAP 17. Distribution of Glyphidocera eminetiae (). Outlying circles indicate multiple adjacent localities.