Acalyptris trifidus Puplesis & Robinson, 2000

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 : 213

9. Acalyptris trifidus Puplesis & Robinson, 2000 ( Figs 49–64 )

Acalyptris trifidus Puplesis & Robinson 2000: 50–51 .

Acalyptris species 29140 Puplesis & Robinson 2000: 55–56 (new attributed female) ( Figs 57, 62 – 64 )

Host plant. Lonchocarpus lineatus Pittier ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Distribution. Belize (Chiquibul Forest: Las Cuevas Biological Station).

Remark. Three paratypes formerly deposited at LEU are transferred to ZMUC: 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (paratypes), Belize, Cayo District, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Las Cuevas, 3–16.iv.1998, R. Puplesis and S. Hill, genitalia slide nos. AD0310 ♂, AD0312 ♀, AD 953♂ (ZMUC).

Figures

FIGURES 43–55. Acalyptris spp. 43, 44, A. novenarius Puplesis & Robinson, 2000, male adult, paratype, Belize, Las Cuevas (ZMUC) (first photographic documentation); 45–47, male genitalia, slide no. AD0301, paratype, phallus (ZMUC); 48, same, capsule; 49–51, A. trifidus Puplesis & Robinson, 2000, male adult, paratype, Belize, Las Cuevas (ZMUC) (first photographic documentation); 52, male genitalia, slide no. AD0310, paratype, capsule (ZMUC); 53, same, pseuduncus, uncus and gnathos; 54, 55, same, phallus.

FIGURES 56–64. Acalyptris trifidus Puplesis & Robinson, 2000. 56, type locality, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Belize; 57, female adult (newly attributed female; formerly documented as species 29140 by Puplesis & Robinson 2000: 55–56); 58–60, leaf mines on Lonchocarpus lineatus Pittier (Fabaceae: Faboideae) (new biology); 62, 63, female genitalia, slide no. AD0312, vaginal sclerite (ZMUC); 63, same, general view; 64, same, fragment of signum.