Hypatopa cladis Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 81-82

Hypatopa cladis Adamski , new species

( Figs. 26 , 139–140 , 356 , Map 25)

Diagnosis.— Hypatopa cladis is similar to H. nex in facies but differs from the latter by having a more narrowly rounded uncus; a more upturned ventral margin of the ventral part of the valva; and a larger proximal flange of the dorsal part of the valva. H. cladis also has a mesial emargination of the ventroposterior margin of the gnathos; an anellus with a short row of setae on each lateral margin near midlength and a linear cluster of subapical setae near middle that are lacking in H. nex .

Description.—Head: Scales on vertex and frontoclypeus grayish brown tipped with pale grayish brown. Outer and inner surfaces of labial palpus on segment 1 grayish brown intermixed with pale grayish-brown scales along apical margin, segment 2 pale brown on basal 1/2 intermixed with grayish-brown scales and pale-brown scales along apical margin, segment 3 pale brown. Antennal scape brown intermixed with few pale-brown scales, pecten brown, flagellum grayish brown. Proboscis pale brown.

Thorax: Tegula agouti patterned, with basal and apical 1/3s brown, middle 1/3 pale brown; mesonotum with anterior 1/5 and posterior 1/5 brown, middle 3/5 pale brown. Legs brown intermixed with pale-brown scales near midsegments and apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing ( Fig. 356 ): Length 5.0–7.2 mm (n = 38), pale brown intermixed with brown scales; submedian fascia faint, complete or incomplete; cell with three spots, one near middle, two on apical end along crossvein; marginal spots present. Undersurface brown. Venation ( Fig. 26 ) with M3 and CuA1 arising from common point on distoposterior part of cell; cubital veins divergent from bases with CuA2 acutely curved basally. Hindwing: Translucent pale brown. Venation ( Fig. 26 ) with cubitus 4- branched; M2 arising from distoposterior part of cell and M3 branching from CuA1 from base at 1/3.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Figs. 139–140 ): Uncus narrowed from widened base, narrowly rounded apically, slightly downcurved, sparsely setose, shorter than width of anal opening. Gnathos wide, confluent with tegumen, emarginate mesially. Sockets of tergal setae not extending beyond midlength of tegumen. Valva divided; ventral part nearly parallelsided to 2/3, abruptly narrowed apically, forming elongate, inwardly curved, spinelike process; process setose on outer surface, planate on inner surface; ventral margin greatly upturned, forming wide fold, terminating near slightly raised setose lobe; dorsal part with apical portion of costa extending dorsally, forming setose digitate process; process broadly curved inwardly; basal ridge of digitate process abruptly curved ventrally fusing with proximal flange; flange, elongate, surface microtrichiate on dorsal 2/3, setose on ventral 1/3. Juxta bandlike. Vinculum semicircular. Phallus and sclerite of phallus longer than valva; sclerite of phallus, sigmoidshaped; anellus more than 1/2 length of phallus, slightly constricted basally, gradually narrowed from subapical region, slightly emarginate apically, with two short rows of lateral setae and linear cluster of subapical setae near middle. Female Genitalia: Unknown.

Holotype, 3, “Est[ación] Cacao, Prov[incia] Guana[caste], COSTA RICA, 1100 m, 7–17 Feb [rero], 1995, F.

Alvarado, L-N-323100, 375800, # 4452, “INBio: COSTA RICA: CRI002, 195792 [barcode label], “INBio, 3 Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 2345 [yellow label].

Paratypes (35 3): 3 3, same data as for holotype except, 7–18 Feb., A. Picado, # 4534, “CRI002, 139766, “Slide No. 2356, “USNM 83881; “CRI002, 139763, “Slide No. 2721; “CRI002, 139778, “Slide No. 2351, “USNM 83882; 1 3, 7–18 Feb., M. Lobo, # 5320, “CRI002, 235016, “Slide No. 2349; 1 3, 7–18 Feb., A. Azofeifa, # 5283, “CRI002, 205177, “Slide No. 2343, “USNM 83883; 1 3, “M. Madrigal, # 4709, “CRI002, 187154, “Slide No. 2360, “USNM 83884; 1 3, 17–18 Feb., E. Alfaro, # 4584, CRI002, 334529, “Slide No. 2368; 1 3, 2 km SW del Cerro Cacao, 12–17 Feb. S. Avila, # 5858, “CRI002, 336962, “Slide No. 2364; 2 3, 11–17 Feb., M.A. Camacho, # 5356, “CRI002, 386660, “Slide No. 2358; “CRI002, 386667, “Slide No. 2367, “USNM 83885; 6 3, 1100 –1650 m, 8–18 Feb., R. Villalobos, # 4443, “CRI002, 183597, Slide No. 2374; “CRI002, 183595, “Slide No. 2355; “CRI002, 183650, “Slide No. 2361, “USNM 83886; “CRI002, 183598, “Slide No. 2366; “CRI002, 183662, “Slide No. 2369; “CRI002, 183601, “Slide No. 2373; 12 3, “Estac. Mengo, 1100 m, SW side Volcan Cacao, Prov. Guanacaste, COSTA RICA, Feb. 1989, GNP Biodiversity Survey, 85°28’10”W, 10°55’43”N, “CRI001, 0 54963, “Slide No. 2490; “CRI001, 0 54952, “Slide No. 2491; “CRI001, 0 54962, “Slide No. 2494; “CRI001, 0 54964, “Slide No. 2496; “CRI001, 0 54956, “Slide No. 2497; “CRI001, 0 54966, “Slide No. 2501; “CRI001, 0 55027, “Slide No. 2505, “USNM 83887; “CRI001, 0 0 5032, “Slide No. 2506, “USNM 83888; “CRI001, 0 54920, “Slide No. 2512; “CRI001, 0 54887, “Slide No. 2515; “CRI001, 0 54949, “Slide No. 2520; “CRI001, 0 54948, “Slide No. 2521; 5 3, “Fca. Cafrosa, Est. Las Mellizas, P.N. Amistad, 1300 m, Prov. Puntarenas, COSTA RICA, M. Ramirez & G. Mora, Oct. 1990 , L-S-316100, 596100, “CRI000, 575536, “Slide No. 2621; “M.M. Chavarria & G. Mora, Ene. 1991 , CRI000, 380718, “Slide No. 2611, “Wing Slide No. 7005; “G. Mora, Feb. 1991 , “CRI000, 275639, “Slide No. 2613; “M. Ramirez, Abr. 1991, “CRI000, 474637, “Slide No. 2614; “M. Ramirez & G. Mora , April 1989, “CRI001, 0 54884, “Slide No. 2623; 2 3, “San Luis, Monteverde, Prov. Puntarenas, COSTA RICA, 1000–1350 m, Feb. 1995, Z. Fuentes, L-N- 250850, 449250, # 4393, “CRI002, 165574, “Slide No. 2624, “USNM 83889; “CRI002, 165579, “Slide No. 2632 [26 in INBio, 9 in USNM].

Distribution (Map 25). Hypatopa cladis is known from two collecting sites; one on the Cordillera de Guanacaste and one on the Cordillera de Tilarán in the western part of Costa Rica.

Etymology. The specific epithet cladis is derived from the Latin clades meaning, destruction.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 30. Wing venation of Blastobasinae. 21, Blastobasis vesta (slide 7051). 22, Blastobasis nivis (slide 7048). 23, Blastobasis phaedra (slide 7042). 24, Blastobasis aedes (slide 7050). 25, Blastobasis dicionis (slide 7039). 26, Hypatopa cladis (slide 7005). 27, Hypatopa juno (slide 7033). 28, Hypatopa pica (slide 7014). 29, Hypatopa hecate (slide 7015). 30, Hypatopa crux (slide 7035).

FIGURES 135 – 140. Male genitalia of Blastobasinae. 135 – 136, Blastobasis beo (slide 3335). 137 – 138, Hypatopa nex (slide 2460). 139 – 140, Hypatopa cladis (slide 2345).

FIGURES 352 – 359. Imagos of Blastobasinae. 352, Blastobasis manto, holotype. 353, Blastobasis dicionis, holotype. 354, Blastobasis beo, holotype. 355, Hypatopa nex, holotype. 356, Hypatopa cladis, holotype. 357, Hypatopa juno, holotype. 358, Hypatopa actes, holotype. 359, Hypatopa cotis, holotype.