Lioptilodes karinupponeni Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Pototski 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ustjuzhanin, Petr
name: Kovtunovich, Vasyly
name: Pototski, Aleksander
name: Nupponen, Kari
name: Haverinen, Risto
name: Streltzov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoridae
Lioptilodes
Lioptilodes karinupponeni

description: Lioptilodes karinupponeni Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Pototski sp. nov.   
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 Type material: Holotype, male, (IZBE gen.pr. Nr. 3042358), CHILE ATACAMA, Huasco River valley by Huasco Bajo vill. 31.i.2017, 28°28'S, 71°09'W, 31m, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg.; Paratypes: 2 males, same data as holotype; 1 male, 1 female, CHILE ATACAMA, Copiapo, 30 km W., 166 m, 27º 22' S, 070º 39' W, 29.i.2017; 1 male, CHILE ATACAMA, Cochiyoyo River Valley, 30 km W., 804 m, 27º 59' S, 070º 25' W, 30.i.2017, A. Pototski leg.; 1 female, same data as holotype; 1 female, CHILE, Andes Mts., 1300 m, 33°21'S, 70°22'W, 02.ii.2017, Santiago 15 km ENE Camino a Farellones, K. Nupponen & R. Haverinen leg. (IZBE, ZISP, NUPP, CUK).   
 Description: External characters. Head, thorax and tegulae brown. Labial palpi light-brown, directed upwards, distally extended, 1.5 times longer than longitudinal eye diameter. Antennae brown. Wingspan 11-12 mm, in holotype – 11.2 mm. Fore wings greyish-brown. Brown spot in base of cleft, longitudinal brown stroke in medium part of wing. Hind wings unicolorous, color the same as of fore wings. Fringe on all wings light-grey. Hind legs light-brown, spurs basally darkened with dark-brown scales.   
Male genitalia: Valves symmetric, distally narrowing. Uncus extended from base to apex, distally noticeably narrowing. Tegumen broad, W-shaped. Anellus arms relatively wide, of equal length. Saccus wide, rectangular. Aedeagus 1.5 times shorter than valve, with process in medium part, distally thick, apically narrow.  
Female genitalia: Papillae anales oval. Posterior apophyses long, thin. Lamina vaginalis wide, bilobed. Antrum tubulate, sclerotized. Ductus short, membranous, directly passing into oval bursa copulatrix. Two short needle-like signa on sides of bursa copulatrix.  
 Differential diagnosis. In the male genitalia, in the wide rectangular saccus, the new species is similar to Lioptilodes gualaceo Gielis, 2014, but clearly differs in the distally narrow uncus, distally narrow valves and the shape of the aedeagus. Externally, the adult is similar to Lioptilodes aguilaicus Gielis, 1991, from which it differs in the much smaller size and the genital structure.   
 Distribution: Chile, Atacama.   
 Flight period: January - February.   
 Etymology: The species Lioptilodes karinupponeni is named in honor of a Finnish lepidopterologist Kari Nupponen, a member of the Estonian Society of Lepidopterologists and member of many other countries lepidopterologists societies, who is a dedicated to study of moths and a member of many joint expeditions with Aleksander Pototski and Risto Haverinen.
description: Published as part of Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasyly, Pototski, Aleksander, Nupponen, Kari, Haverinen, Risto & Streltzov, Alexander, 2021, Two new species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Atacama Desert (Chile), pp. 16-23 in Ecologica Montenegrina 45 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.45.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13233910