Sisurcana biforata Austin &amp; Dombroskie 2020, new
Creators: name: Austin, Kyhl A.
name: Dombroskie, Jason J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricidae
Sisurcana
Sisurcana biforata

description: <i>Sisurcana biforata</i> (Meyrick), new combination <i>Cacoecia biforata</i> Meyrick, 1930: 224. “ <i>Archips</i> ” <i>biforata</i>: Powell et al. 1995: 148 (new combination). [Archipini unplaced] <i>biforata</i>: Brown 2005: 125. <i>Sisurcana valida</i> Razowski and Becker, 2011: 166. <b>New synonymy.</b> Type material.— <i>Cacoecia biforata</i> Meyrick, 1930: Holotype, &amp;female;: BRAZIL: Serra do Itatiaya, Südabhg., Waldreg., 16‒ 26 x [19]27, Zerny [photograph examined; Razowski 2010: fig. 43]. GS #4353 [figure examined; Razowski 1964: fig. 11] (NHMV). <i>Sisurcana valida</i> Razowski and Becker, 2011: Holotype, Ơ: BRAZIL: R[io de] J [aneiro], Itatiaia, 2100 m, 25 i 1993, V.O. Becker [photograph examined; Razowski and Becker, 2011: fig. 49], GS #288 [photograph examined; Razowski and Becker, 2011: figs. 13, 14] (VBC). Paratype, Ơ: BRAZIL: same data as holotype (VBC) [not examined]. Discussion.— <i>Cacoecia biforata</i> Meyrick, 1930 was treated as unplaced Archipini (“ <i>Archips</i> ”) by Powell et al. (1995), and that treatment was followed by Brown (2005) (“ Archipini unplaced”). Razowski (2010) treated it as “ Sparganothini unplaced” without explanation. It belongs to neither of these tribes, but rather to Atteriini. The VBC has males and females identified by Becker as <i>biforata</i>, but we were unable to obtain a pair for dissection. Nevertheless, it appears that <i>Sisurcana valida</i> Razowski and Becker, 2011 is the male of <i>Cacoecia biforata</i> Meyrick, 1930 based on similarities in forewing pattern and proximity of type localities. Generic assignment is tentative because of strong sexual dimorphism in some atteriine genera and a lack of published genitalic synapomorphies. We transfer <i>C</i>. <i>biforata</i> to <i>Sisurcana</i> based on its synonymy with <i>S</i>. <i>valida</i>.
description: Published as part of <i>Austin, Kyhl A. &amp; Dombroskie, Jason J., 2020, New Combinations In Neotropical Archipini And Atteriini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), With The Description Of A New Genus, pp. 1-11 in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122 (1)</i> on page 8, DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.1In, http://zenodo.org/record/3724761
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