Chapoania Razowski, 1999

Brown, John W., 2024, New genera and species of tortricid moths from Chile and Argentina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Zootaxa 5551 (1), pp. 51-90 : 67

Chapoania Razowski, 1999

Chapoania Razowski 1999a: 74 ; Brown 2005: 170; Razowski and Pelz 2010: 6.

Type species. Chapoania dentigera Razowski, 1999 .

Remarks and Diagnosis. Razowski (1999a) described Chapoania to accommodate the single species C. dentigera , described from a holotype male collected at Lago Chapo, Chile. The genus has remained monotypic since, and the holotype the only reported specimen. According to Razowski (1999a), “The genus is probably closest to Helicteulia Razowski, 1988 erected for Bolivian H. heos Razowski, 1988 but differs from it in the long pedunculi, very short coecum penis, shape of the valva etc. Its probable autapomorphies are the shape of terminal part of tegumen, the enormous distal part of the sacculus and the strongly spined anellus resembling that in the Chlidanotini .” Razowski (1999a) provided an exceptionally accurate drawing of the male genitalia, but did not illustrate the adult or provide a description of the female, which was unavailable to him. Hence, those features are provided here.