Glyphidocera sapphiri ADAMSKI, 2005, new species
Creators: name: DAVID ADAMSKI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Symmocidae
Glyphidocera
Glyphidocera sapphiri

description: <i>Glyphidocera sapphiri</i>, new species (Figs. 240–242, 367, Map 44) Diagnosis.— <i>Glyphidocera sapphiri</i>, <i>G. fabulae</i>, and <i>G. arenae</i> share abdominal sex scales between terga 2­3 in male, an elongate valval cucullus, and an elongate and narrow apical cornutus within the vesica of the aedeagus. However, <i>G. sapphiri</i> differs from the latter two species by having shorter rows of sex scales between terga 2–3 in male, a narrower base of the dorsal strut of the tegumen, and costal furcae of valva of equal size. Description.— Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus dark brown; outer surface of labial palpus dark brown intermixed with few pale­yellow scales to apical margin of segment II, outer surface pale yellow intermixed with few brown and dark­brown scales; scape of antenna dark brown intermixed with few pale­yellow scales, flagellum dark brown; male 4 th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres 5–6; concavity nearly closed by a small digitate process of 4 th flagellomere; proboscis pale yellow. Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum dark brown. Legs dark brown intermixed with few pale­yellow scales near midlength and apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig. 367): Length 5.9–6.1 mm (n = 4), dark brown intermixed with few darkbrown scales tipped with pale brown; cell with 2 large, dark­brown spots, 1 spot near middle, 1 spot near distal end. Undersurface dark brown. Hindwing: Dark brown except, white scales medially along anterior margin. Abdomen (Fig. 240): Male with 3 short, transverse rows of sex scales on median part of intersegmental membrane between terga 2–3. Male Genitalia (Figs. 241–242): Uncus elongate, wide at base, broadly constricted near ½, apical half triangular­shaped, apex acuminate; gnathos sparsely setose, protuberant, widened throughout length, apically upturned; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing from posteroventral margin to base of uncus; costa of valva nearly straight from base bearing an elongate, digitate process to an upturned dorsal furca; apex bifurcate, widely U­shaped, each furca equal in size, nearly parallel; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly beyond midlength, widening distoventrally, forming an elongate and slightly angular cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus with many stout, conical cornuti, and bearing an elongate, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus with one shortened side near 1 / 3 length, exposing a large 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] Guan[acaste], COSTA RICA, C. Moraga, Jul. 1991, L­N­ 330200, 380200 ”, “ INBio: COSTA RICA: CRI 000, 300212 ” [bar code label], “ INBio, ɗ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 722 ” [yellow label]. Paratypes (3 ɗ): 2 ɗ, Same label data as holotype except, “ 2–9 Mar. 1992 ”, “ CRI 000, 414782 ”, “Slide No. 726 ”; “ CRI 000, 414785 ”, “Slide No. 772 ”; 1 ɗ, “Est. Cacao, 1000– 1400 m, Lado suroeste del Volcán Cacao, Prov. Guan., COSTA RICA, C. Chaves, 25 Set. – 11 Oct. 1990, L­N­ 323300, 375700 ”, “ CRI 000, 390322 ”, “Slide No. 952 ”, (2 in INBio, 1 in USNM). Distribution (Map 44): <i>Glyphidocera sapphiri</i> is known from two collecting sites in north­western Costa Rica along the Cordillera de Guanacaste. Etymology: The specific epithet <i>sapphiri</i> is derived from the Latin “sapphirus” or sapphire.
description: Published as part of <i>DAVID ADAMSKI, 2005, Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae), pp. 1-158 in Zootaxa 858</i> on pages 137-139, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170793