Loboschiza sictriquetra Muadsub &amp; Pinkaew 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Muadsub, Sopita
name: Pinkaew, Nantasak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricidae
Loboschiza
Loboschiza sictriquetra

description: <i>Loboschiza sictriquetra</i> sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub: C3179524-4356-4762-B68F-5216C1B42250 (Figs. 5, 10, 20, 27–28) <b>Type Material.</b> Holotype: &amp;male;; THAILAND. Uthai Thani Prov., Huai Kha Khaeng W.S., (Khao Nang Rum), 15 o 29ʹ27ʺN, 99 o 18ʹ03ʺE, alt. 550 m; 16 Dec. 2020; Pinkaew et al. leg.; np13625 (genitalia slide NP3965); KKIC. <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Loboschiza sictriquetra</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> differs from all other species in the genus by the conspicuously large socii and the elongate subtriangular valva in the male genitalia. <b>Description.</b> Head (Fig. 10): Lower frons orange white, upper frons and vertex pale yellowish orange; labial palpi porrect, first segment orange white, second segment broadened apically, orange white, gradually darkening to pale yellowish orange apically, with a small brown mark dorsomedially and a larger brown mark apically, third segment pale yellowish orange, slightly paler toward apex; antenna blackish, basal segments mixed with pale yellowish orange scales. Thorax: Pronotal collar greyish orange; tegulae light grey with orange patch outer 1/2, mesonotum dark greyish brown, anterior 1/3 and posterior 1/3 mixed with orange scales; posterior crest absent. Forewing subrectangular, wingspan 10.4 mm in male (Fig. 5) (n = 1); costal margin evenly curved; termen rather straight and oblique; costal strigulae well developed, yellowish orange, separated by blackish streaks; wing pattern two-toned, basal 2/3 with light greyish brown ground color, with variable well-defined orange spots and bands, apical 1/3 with transverse, irregular sinuous striae on blackish ground, fringe scales blackish; underside light greyish brown with white spots along costa and termen. Hindwing light brown, slightly paler toward base; underside light greyish brown. Abdomen: Posterior margin of sternum VIII bilobed (Fig. 20). Male genitalia (Fig. 27) with tegumen ovate, apodeme for muscle m4 enlarged, truncate and oblique, extended inwardly near other; uncus absent; socii large, sinuate, 1/2 length of tegumen, densely setose; gnathos indistinct; vinculum small, rather narrow; juxta small, subtriangular; caulis short; anellus surrounding base of phallus; phallus subcylindrical, moderately long and wide, slightly tapered apically, with dense cornuti; valva elongate-subtriangular, densely setose, widest medially, slightly narrow to rounded apex, inner margin slightly curved, median of outer margin extending outward forming a pointed apex, with a small, short, upwardly curved spine (Fig. 28). <b>Distribution</b>. Thailand (Uthai Thani province) <b>Etymology</b>. The specific epithet (<i>sic =</i> like/ <i>tri</i> = three/ <i>quetra</i> = angled or sided) refers to the shape of the valva.
description: Published as part of <i>Muadsub, Sopita &amp; Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2021, Three new species of Loboschiza Diakonoff, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Olethreutinae) with redescriptions of L. mediana (Walker, 1864) and L. martia (Meyrick, 1911), two new records from Thailand, pp. 68-80 in Zootaxa 5047 (1)</i> on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5533748