Amorbia Clemens 1860
Creators: name: Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie
name: Powell, Jerry A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricidae
Amorbia

description: Key to Males of Amorbia   
1 Dorsal pit present on abdominal tergites................................................... 2  
- Dorsal pit absent on abdominal tergites................................................... 17  
2 Costal fold present on FW.............................................................. 3  
- Costal fold absent on FW.............................................................. 8  
3 Length of labial palpus 1.0X the distance between antennal bases............................... 4  
- Length of labial palpus 2.0X the distance between antennal bases............................... 5  
 4 HW with translucent patch interior to apical area (Fig. 49–50)..................... A. rectangularis   
 - HW without translucent patch interior to apical area............................... A. concavana   
 5 Base of tegula and anterior margin of thorax with line of dark brown scales.......... A. rhombobasis   
- Base of tegula and anterior margin of thorax without line of dark brown scales.................... 6  
 6 HW cubital pecten present.................................................... A. decerptana   
- HW cubital pecten absent.............................................................. 7  
 7 Sacculus lacking emargination.................................................. A. curitiba   
 - Sacculus emarginate........................................................ A. chlorolyca   
8 Base of tegula and anterior margin of thorax with line of dark brown scales....................... 9  
- Base of tegula and anterior margin of thorax without line of dark brown scales................... 10  
 9 Abdominal dorsal pit on all segments.......................................... A. emigratella   
 - Abdominal dorsal pit only on second tergum....................................... A. cuneana   
10 Uncus reduced, not extending beyond socii posteriorly (Figs. 86, 90–91)........................ 11  
- Uncus well developed, extending beyond socii............................................. 13  
 11 HW ground color reticulate (white with gray mottling)............................ A. monteverde   
- HW ground color not reticulate......................................................... 12  
 12 Length of labial palpus 1.0X the distance between antennal bases...................... A. eccopta   
 - Length of labial palpus 3.0X the distance between antennal bases.................... A. cordobana   
13 Struts of the socii present (Fig. 8)....................................................... 14  
- Struts of the socii absent.............................................................. 15  
 14 Sacculus lacking emargination (or slightly undulated)............................. A. humerosana   
 - Sacculus emargination well defined............................................. A. potosiana   
 15 Abdominal dorsal pit present as a shallow indentation............................... A. exsectana   
- Abdominal dorsal pit well defined...................................................... 16  
 16 HW anal area with scales undifferentiated from reminder of wing....................... A. chiapas   
 - HW anal area with long, straight scales.......................................... A. santamaria   
17 FW with costal fold.................................................................. 18  
- FW without costal fold............................................................... 27  
 18 Spines at base of FW Sc vein absent.............................................. A. osmotris   
- Spines at base of FW Sc vein present (Fig. 6).............................................. 19 19 HW Rs vein swollen at base (Fig. 7)..................................................... 20  
- HW Rs vein vein not swollen at base.................................................... 23  
 20 HW anal area with scales undifferentiated from reminder of wing..................... A. productana   
- HW anal area with scales differentiated (curved, paler, longer) from reminder of wing............. 21  
 21 Scales on anal area of HW long and straight (concolorous with HW).................... A. catarina   
- Scales on anal area of HW curved and paler than remainder of HW............................ 22  
 22 Sacculus lacking emargination................................................. A. dominica   
 - Sacculus emarginated....................................................... A. revolutana   
23 Scaling on vertex divided into two groups (Fig. 4).......................................... 24  
 - Scaling on vertex circular.................................................... A. colubrana   
 24 HW ground color reticulate (white with gray mottling)............................... A. exustana   
- HW ground color not reticulate......................................................... 25  
 25 HW ground color pale........................................................... A. cocori   
- HW ground color dark................................................................ 26  
 26 Scales on anal area of HW curved and paler than remainder of HW..................... A. nuptana   
 - Scales on anal area of HW long and straight (concolorous with HW)...................... A. cacao   
 27 HW apical area with line of darker scales......................................... A. knudsoni   
- HW apical area with patch of darker scales................................................ 28  
 28 Aedeagus with one large spine (Figs. 73–74)..................................... A. laterculana   
 - Aedeagus without external structures............................................ A. stenovalvae
description: Published as part of Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie & Powell, Jerry A., 2007, Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)., pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 1670 (1670) on pages 11-12