Cydia timara Brown

Brown, Richard L. & Jaeger, Christi, 2014, A new species of Eucosma Hübner and two new species of Cydia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from the United States, Zootaxa 3860 (3), pp. 226-234 : 232-234

Cydia timara Brown , new species

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Diagnosis. Cydia timara can be separated from C. marita by the lighter orange apical area and poorly defined costal strigulae on the forewing. The setiform sex scales on 3A of the male hindwing are less numerous in C. timara than those in C. marita ( Figs. 9–12 ). The two species differ in the number of cornuti on the vesica, with 19 or fewer in the medial area of the vesica of C. timara and 27 or more in C. marita . In addition, the lamella postvaginalis of the female is broader relative to length in C. timara than in C. marita , and the anterolateral corners of the plate are obtusely angled in C. timara and acutely angled in C. marita .

Description. Head: As in C. marita . Thorax: As in C. marita , except forewing ( Fig. 5 ) length 5.2–7.7 mm; basal half of wing with only two indistinct transverse light gray striae near mid-wing, often confluent and forming broad band; apical third of costa brown, without white strigulae, scales in apical third of wing light orange between silvery Y-shaped lines and orange near apical margin, scales without grayish brown bases; distal row of scales at apical margin forming dark brown line, often not broken by white dash. Hindwing in male with 31 to 40 (2n) small, setiform scales bordering marginal fourth of 3A ( Fig. 9 ), apex of sex scale with 8–10 longitudinal ridges ( Fig. 10 ), marginal fourth of 3A thickened and grooved, but wing margin not conspicuously crimped near 3A.

Abdomen: Male genitalia similar to those of C. marita , with phallus 0.65–0.69 length of valva, vesica with 17–19 cornuti medially and 3–4 cornuti apically. Three preparations examined. Female genitalia ( Fig. 8 ) with lamella postvaginalis with latero-anterior angles blunt or obtusely angled, width at middle 0.75–0.78 length; corpus bursae posteriorly with small, quadrate diverticulum, distal corners of diverticulum slightly prolonged (diverticulum in mated female reduced to two small lobes by apparent stretching of expanded corpus bursae). Two preparations examined.

Holotype. ♂, Arizona, Cochise Co., Cave Creek Canyon, 5400', Chiricahua Mountains, 2 May 1966, J. G. Franclemont; genitalia slide USNM 17852; deposited in U. S. National Museum of Natural History, U.S. N.M. Type No. 76283.

Paratypes. ARIZONA: Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Cave Creek Canyon, 5400', 2 May 1966, J. G. Franclemont (3♂), 3 Apr 1966 (1♂), 26 Apr 1966 (3♂). Coconino Co., 7 l/ 2 mi NW Flagstaff, Fort Valley, 7350', 19 Jun 1961, R. W. Hodges (28♂, genitalia slide JAP 3577), 20 Jun 1961 (27♂), 21 Jun 1961 (27♂, 2♀, genitalia slides JAP 3578, USNM 17853), 28 Jun 1961 (2♂), 12 Jun 1964, J. G. Franclemont (1♂), 13 Jun 1964 (4♂), 14 Jun 1964 (1♂), 15 Jun 1964 (3♂), 16 Jun 1964 (2♂); 10 mi NNW Flagstaff, Hart Prairie, 8500', 30 Jun 1964, J. G. Franclemont (1♂); 12 1/ 2 mi NNW Flagstaff, Hochderffer Hill, 8500', 9 Jul 1961, R. W. Hodges (1♂); Oak Creek Canyon, Pine Flat Campground, 3 Jun 1968, P. Opler & J. Powell (10♂, genitalia slide JAP 2571). Gila Co., Pine, 4 Jun 1968, P. Opler & J. Powell (1♂). Mojave Co., Hualapai Mountain Park, 2 Jun 1968, P. Opler & J. Powell (8♂, 1♀). Santa Cruz Co., Santa Rita Mts., Madera Canyon, 5600', 13 Apr 1963, J. G. Franclemont (1♂). NEW MEXICO: Sandoval Co., Valles Caldera National Preserve, 1.8 mi N. Union building, 35°53.8"N 106°34.3"W, 23 June 2010, bl, J. Brown & S. Monsalve, DNA barcodes CCDB-20826-C12, D01, D02 (3♂). Paratypes are deposited in collections of Mississippi Entomological Museum, U. S. National Museum of Natural History, and University of California, Berkeley.

Hosts. Unknown, probably Pinus , as discussed for C. marita .

Etymology. The name " timara " is an anagram of " marita ."

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 5. Imagos of Cydia, scale bars = 2 mm. 4, C. marita, holotype; 5, C. timara, holotype.

FIGURES 6 – 8. Genitalia of Cydia, scale bars = 0.5 mm. 6, C. marita, male; 7, C. marita, female; 8, C. timara, female.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Setiform sex scales of male hindwing of Cydia. 9 – 10, C. timara, 9, 10,000 x; 10, 150 x. 11 – 12, C. marita, 11, 10,000 x; 12, 150 x.