Cirrothaumatia vesta ( Clarke, 1968 )

Heppner, John B. & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2024, Three new species of Cirrothaumatia Razowski & Becker from Peru, with notes on the genus (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini), Zootaxa 5418 (3), pp. 268-278 : 277

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.3.5

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10726451

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cirrothaumatia vesta ( Clarke, 1968 )
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Cirrothaumatia vesta ( Clarke, 1968) View in CoL

( Figs. 9 View FIGURES 7–9 , 13 View FIGURES 10–17 , 18 View FIGURE 18 )

Type-locality: Rancho Grande (1100 m), Aragua, Venezuela .

Diagnosis. Wing expanse: 11.8‒13.0 mm (n = 3). This species is very similar to C. pichita n. sp. but the female genitalia ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7–9 ) have the ductus bursae expanded somewhat caudally, thus the caudal end is more funnel-like than stentor-like, and the ductus bursae is longer and narrower (ca. 1.3x longer).

Materials examined. Holotype. Male , Rancho Grande (1100 m), Aragua, Venezuela, 16–23 Oct 1966, S. S. & W. D. Duckworth (gen. slide JFGC-11638) ( USNM type 69755) . Paratype. Female, same data as male (gen. slide JFGC-11639) ( USNM). Additional specimen examined (n = 1). Venezuela: Rancho Grande (1100 m), Aragua, 25‒26 Jan 1978 (1 male), J. B. Heppner ( USNM) .

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from northern montane Edo. Aragua, Venezuela, at the Rancho Grande station (1100 m), just north of Maracay in coastal mountains that are the final but disjunct far northeastern remnant of the Andes Range of South America.

Discussion. This is one of only two species in which the male is known, with genital features ( Fig. 9a View FIGURES 7–9 ) similar to those of C. tornosema ( Fig. 7a View FIGURES 7–9 ). The female genitalia ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7–9 ) also have the main characters of Cirrothaumatia : presence of accessory bursa, adjacent tuba seminalis, simple ostium funnel, and carina-like signum from bursa and along side of ductus bursa similar to those of C. tornosema , but the ductus bursae is considerably more elongated in C. vesta (as in C. pichita n. sp. and C. huemboana n. sp. from Peru).

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Tortricidae

SubFamily

Tortricinae

Tribe

Cochylini

Genus

Cirrothaumatia

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