Anopinella choko Brown and Adamski

Brown, John W. & Adamski, David, 2003, Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera, Zootaxa 200, pp. 1-94 : 31-32

Anopinella choko Brown and Adamski , new species

Figs. 20 , 74

Diagnosis. As discussed above in the diagnosis of A. cuzco , A. choko is most similar to the latter among the species treated herein, and it is possible that the two are conspecific. We treat them as distinct based on differences in the phallus and the considerable distance between type localities.

Description. Head: Frontoclypeus and vertex pale brown; labial palpus with outer surface of segment I and basal half of segment II pale brown; distal half of segments II­III mostly brown intermixed with pale brown, inner surface pale brown intermixed with brown. Antenna with scape and 8­9 basal flagellomeres pale brown intermixed with reddish brown; distal flagellomeres gray.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum brown intermixed with pale brown. Forewing (Fig. 74) length 7.7 mm (n = 3); basal fascia incomplete, brown intermixed with pale brown and brownish yellow; costal blotch mostly brown, darker posterior to cubitus; basal fascia and costal blotch separated by an oblique band of pale brown intermixed with pale gray and pale reddish brown demarcating anterior part of basal fascia and costal blotch to slightly beyond CuP, narrow, recurved from distal costa through subapical area to tornus encircling an elongate ocellus, except posterior part; ocellus brown, wide from middle to base; area between CuP and posterior margin reddish brown intermixed with brown posteriorly; costal blotch with a small, subquadrate, white spot near posterior end; apical area brown; submarginal area narrow, reddish brown intermixed with brown. Fringe gray. Hindwing brown.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 20 ; drawn from BMNH slide 29095; n = 2) with uncus bent at basal 0.33. Socius digitate, ca. 0.5 length of basal portion of gnathos arms. Gnathos arms wide, gradually narrowed at middle, with protuberant upcurved distal lobes connected dorsally by a hood­shaped arch; margins of lobes entire. Valva densely setose from inner surface of cucullus to postsacculus; basal ridge sparsely setose; costa straight from subbasal curve, slightly recurved apically; sacculus slightly rounded; postsacculus broadly emarginate, forming a rounded cucullus that is apically recurved towards tegumen. Phallus simple, short; vesica sparsely microtrichiate with a pair of elongate plates. Female unknown.

Holotype, ɗ, Colombia, Choko Province, Condoto, H.G.P.S. Spurrell, 1914­501 [right hindwing missing]. Deposited in BMNH.

Paratypes (1ɗ, 1Ψ). COLOMBIA: Choko Province: Condoto, H.G.P.S. Spurrell, 1914­ 501 [female lacking metathorax and abdomen] (BMNH).

Etymology. The species epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to Choko Province, Colombia.

Figures

FIGURES 19 ­ 20. Male genitalia of Anopinella, valvae spread, aedeagus removed. 19, A. cuzco; 20, A. choko.