Acalyptris basihastatus Puplesis & Diškus, 2002

Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Vargas, Sergio A. & Solis, M. Alma, 2020, Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas, Zootaxa 4748 (2), pp. 201-247 : 231-234

39. Acalyptris basihastatus Puplesis & Diškus, 2002 ( Figs 138–141 )

Acalyptris basihastatus Puplesis & Diškus 2002a: 29–30 .

Host plant. Unknown.

Distribution. Ecuador (Oriente / Región amazónica: Jatun Sacha and Misahualli).

Remark. Three paratype specimens formerly deposited at LEU are transferred to ZMUC: 2 ♂, Ecuador, Napo Region, near Rio Napo, Jatun Sacha, premontane rainforest, 400–500 m, 26–31.i.2000, R. Puplesis & S. Hill, genitalia slide nos. AD0316, AD0317 (ZMUC); 1 ♂, Ecuador, Napo Region, near Rio Napo, Misahualli, premontane rainforest, 400–500 m, 22–31.i.2001, R. Puplesis & S. Hill, genitalia slide no. AD0350 (ZMUC).

Figures

FIGURES 138–145. Acalyptris spp. 138, A. basihastatus Puplesis & Diškus, 2002 (first photographic documentation), male adult, paratype (ZMUC); 139–141, same, male genitalia, slide no.AD0317 (ZMUC); 142, A. pseudohastatus Puplesis & Diškus, 2002 (first photographic documentation), male adult, paratype (ZMUC); 143–145, same, male genitalia, slide no. AD0319 (ZMUC).