Amorbia monteverde Phillips & Powell, 2007

Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie & Powell, Jerry A., 2007, Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)., Zootaxa 1670 (1670), pp. 1-109 : 45-46

28. Amorbia monteverde Phillips & Powell , new species

Figs. 58, 59, 90, 111, 128–129, 138

DIAGNOSIS. Amorbia monteverde is distinguished easily from other members of the group by its darker forewing pattern, absence of a male costal fold, reduced uncus, and absence of dark scale patches near the costa of the FW.

DESCRIPTION. MALE. FW length 8.0–8.4 mm (mean = 8.2; n =10). HEAD: Frons convex, unscaled (membrane white), vertex smooth, light brown. Labial palpus mostly brownish laterally, inner surface beige, 2.0X length between antennae. THORAX: Dorsum smooth scaled, ground light brown, tegula concolorous. FW ground light brown, with subbasal, median, and subterminal fascia darker. Termen not produced. HW white with scattered brown scaling. ABDOMEN: Light brown. Genitalia as in Fig. 90 (slide # JJE05, VBC, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Monteverde; n = 4 cluthes). Uncus reduced (1.0X length of its base), not extending beyond socii. Transtilla rectangular with numerous spines. Valva subrectangular. Sacculus sclerotized, 0.75X length of valva, emarginate in basal 0.33, with small, terminal lobe extending beyond margin of valva. Aedeagus 0.8X length of valva, straight in basal 0.5, curved in distal 0.5.

FEMALE. FW length 10.2–11.2 mm (mean = 11.0; n = 8). HEAD and THORAX: As described for male. ABDOMEN: Genitalia as in Fig. 111 (slide # JJE06, VBC, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Monteverde; n = 2). Lamella antevaginalis developed into slightly elongate lateral pockets; median sinus rounded. Ductus bursae 2X length of papillae anales, uniform in width. Ductus seminalis from posterior end of ductus bursae .

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype: Male: COSTA RICA: PUNTARENAS: Monteverde , 1300 m 17/ 20.v.1985 (r. f. eggs on synthetic diet, em: 4/ 21.vii.1985, JAP 85 E65.1) (J. Powell, EME).

Paratypes. 3M, 7F, same data as holotype (1M, 1F, USNM; 1M, 1F, INBio). CARTAGO: Tuis, 2400 ft, 1M [no date] (W. Schaus, USNM). Río Aquiares, nr. Sta. Cruz, 9 air km NW Turrialba, 1500 m 1M, 16.v.1985 (J. Powell & P. Opler, EME), 2F, 8.vi.1988 (r. f. synthetic diet, em: 28.vii.1988, JAP 88F22), 1F, 8.vi.1988 (r. f. synthetic diet, em: 26.vii.1988, JAP 88F18), 1F, 12.vi.1988 (r. f. synthetic diet, JAP 88F59) (J. Powell, EME), 2F 8.vi.1988 (J. Powell, EME). PUNTARENAS: Monteverde, 1300 m, 7M, 7F, 17/ 20.v.1985 (r. f. eggs on synthetic diet, em: 3/ 19.vii.1985, JAP 85 E64.2), 3M, 1F, 17.v.1985 ( JAP 85E64, em: 3/ 11.vii.1985) (J. Powell, EME), 8M, 1F, 17/ 20.v.1985 (J. Chemsak, P. Opler & J. Powell, EME), 1M, 3F, 8/ 10.vi.1986 (J. Chemsak & H. Katsura, EME), 29/ 31.iii.1992 (J. McCarty & J. Powell, EME); 1460m, 3M, 4F, 11/ 12.vi.1988 (J. Brown & J. Powell, EME), 3M, 1/ 9.vii.1988 (J. Chemsak, EME), 2M, 1/ 4.ix.1999 (V. Becker, VBC), 1F, 15/ 16.v.1980 (D. Janzen & W. Hallwachs, INBio), 1M, 1F, 25/ 26 vi.1979, 1F, 10/ 11.xii.1979 (D. Janzen, INBio); Est. Biol. Las Alturas, 1550 m, 12 air km NE San Vito, 1F, 22/ 24.i.1993 (J. Powell, EME); 6 km S San Vito, 1F, 20/ 27.iv.1967 (D. F. Veirs, EME). SAN JOSE: San Gerardo de Dota, 5M, 3F ( JAP 96E29) (J. Powell, EME); Zurqu í de Moravia, 1000 m, 2M, 2F ( JAP 96E21), em: 15.vii.1996 (J. Powell, EME). MEXICO: VER- ACRUZ: Est. Biol. Las Tuxtlas, 3M, 2F, 1/ 9.vii.1988 (J. Chemsak, EME); 1 km N Huatusco, 3600 ft, 1F, 14.viii.1987 (J. Doyen, EME); Las Minas, SE Las Vigas, 1F, 18.viii.1987 (J. Doyen, EME); 9 km N Fortín de Las Flores, 2.5 km N Monte Blanco, 1M 12.viii.1987 (J. Doyen, EME).

DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY. This species has been collected from Costa Rica to Veracruz, Mexico (Fig. 138) from 1000 to 1650 m elevation. It is multivoltine.

IMMATURE STAGES ( Figs.128–129). Eggs are dark green, laid in circular patches of 30–62. Larvae hatched in 11 days (n = 4 clutches) and fed on synthetic diet. Last instars are ca. 2.5 cm in length; the head is tan, with dark brown lateral bands; the prothoracic shield is tan with a wide dark brown band that covers most of the posterior dorsal area of the shield. Development required ca. 7 to 8.5 weeks (JAP 85 E64, 85 E64.2, 88F18, 88F22, 88F59, 96829, 96E21).

ETYMOLOGY. The species name refers to the locality where the holotype and most of the material examined was collected: Monteverde , Puntarenas, Costa Rica; it is treated as a noun in apposition .