Apsidophora chandrapatyae Pinkaew & Muadsub 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Pinkaew, Nantasak
name: Muadsub, Sopita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricidae
Apsidophora
Apsidophora chandrapatyae

description: Apsidophora chandrapatyae sp. nov.
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(Figs. 1, 4, 7, 10–13, 15–16, 18, 20–21)
Apsidophora purpurobis: Kawabe, 1989: 41, fig. 40 (adult). [Misidentification].
Type material. Holotype: ♂. THAILAND: Chaiyaphum Prov., Phu Khieo W.S. (Thung Kramang), 16°22ˊ56˝N 101°33ˊ51˝E ca. 875 m, 12 Jun 2018, N. Pinkaew, np12360 (genitalia slide NP3943). Deposited in KKIC. Paratype: 2♂. THAILAND: Chaiyaphum Prov., Phu Khieo W.S. (Pang Muong F.P.U.), 16°30ˊ24˝N 101°41ˊ22˝E, ca. 770 m, 15 Mar 2018, N. Pinkaew, np11988 (♂, wing slide). Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. (Pha Dum N.P.), 18°45ˊ33˝N 98°53ˊ28˝E, ca. 1,412 m, 31 Mar 2014, N. Patibhakyothin, np6329 (♂, genitalia slide NP2233). All deposited in KKIC.
Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Apsidophora bala and the diagnosis characters are as described in A. bala.
Description. Head (Fig. 7): Lower frons yellowish white, upper frons light brown mixed with brown to dark brown ventrally, vertex light brown; labial palpus porrect, first segment yellowish white, second segment slightly enlarged to apex, light brown, slightly darker to apex, with a small dark brown spot dorsobasally and distinct blackish mark dorsoapical 1/3, apical segment small, light brown mixed with brown. Antenna brown.
Thorax: Pronotal collar, tegulae, and mesonotum light brown to brown, each scale yellowish brown at tip; inner side of hind tibia with three tufts of hair pencils, first tuft orange white extending from outer most of tibial base to posterior 1/4, second tuft light brown arising from lower point beyond first tuft extending to mid length of tibia, third tuft dark brown, beneath the second tuft, arising next to second tuft (Fig. 17). Forewing subrectangular, length 8.0–8.8 mm in males (n = 3) (Figs. 1, 4, 15), costal margin regularly curved, basal half with costal strigulae light brown alternate with black streaks, apical half with well developed costal strigulae, greyish white separated by blackish streaks, with confluence narrow orange brown strip extending obliquely from near middle of costa to termen at R 5, beneath with narrow oblique greyish line extending from near mid length of costa to near termen between M 1 and M 2, wing apex with a dark brown spot, continued with narrow dark brown line extending downward to termen at M 2, termen rather straight, rounded apex, ground color greyish brown, basal half mixed with irregular transverse striae, light brown to brown, apical half of wing with large patch, dark brown, extending curve from dorsum to termen, upper edge of patch arising from mid length of dorsum, extending slightly curve to middle of chorda then strongly curve to termen between M 2 and M 3, lower edge arising from about apical 1/3 of dorsum, extending sinuately curved to base of CuA 1, then extending irregularly to termen at CuA 2, tornus greyish brown with a small and narrow crescent-shaped patch medially, dark brown; underside light brown with small white spots along costa and termen. Hindwing subtrapezoid (Figs. 10, 15), middle of costa gently curved, termen sinuate, dorsum rather straight from between CuP and 1A+2A to near 3A, ground color light brown, slightly paler to base, tornal area darker to brown, anal area between 1A+2A and anal margin whitish brown, anal margin folded and thickened with long and slender projecting lobe, basal 1/3 of 3A with a tuft of long hair pencils reaching to near the end of projecting lobe (wing slide) (Fig. 15) but apical half inserted to folded projecting lobe (pinned specimen) (Fig. 11), basal 2/3 of M 3 with row of dense, modified flattened scales, and with large elliptical patch of modified, rounded and appressed scales between CuA 1 and CuA 2 (Figs. 12, 16), fringe scales brown, slightly darker to dark brown between CuA 2 and 1A+2A, then greyish white from 1A+2A to projecting lobe; underside light brown, with large patch of long scales between CuP and 1A+2A extending from near wing base to near termen (Fig. 13).
Abdomen. Abdominal segment VIII with groups of dense long setae anterolaterally, posterior margin of tergum VIII with large, rounded lobe differed from bilobe on posterior margin of sternum VIII (Fig. 20). Male genitalia (Fig. 21) with tegumen triangular, moderately high, with dense scale sockets laterally; uncus subtriangular, mod-erately rounded apex, slightly hook, with dense setae laterally; socii moderately large, subtriangular lobe, rounded apex, densely setose; gnathos arising from middle of tegumen, forming moderately large membranous band, sclero-tized at base; vinculum moderately sclerotized; juxta subpentagonal; caulis shot; anellus cup-liked; phallus rather shot, funnel-shaped, tapered to rounded apex; cornuti absent; valva long and slender, sinuate, rounded apex, dorsal and ventral margin rather parallel; sacculus with a small group of moderately dense, short setae basally, connected with row of shot setae along ventral margin reaching to moderately large group of long setae ventroapically, with a small group of shot setae on margin of basal opening medially; cucullus curve, margin parallel to rounded apex, densely setose, ventral half with strongly spines except apical 1/5, with group of dense, moderately long spines dorsobasally.
Etymology. This species is named to honor Prof. Angsumarn Chandrapatya, major advisor of corresponding author.
description: Published as part of Pinkaew, Nantasak & Muadsub, Sopita, 2020, Two new species of the genus Apsidophora Diakonoff, 1973 (Lepidoptera Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thailand, pp. 401-412 in Zootaxa 4877 (3) on pages 408-411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4425346