Sparganothoides capitiornata Kruse and Powell, 2009

Kruse, James J. & Powell, Jerry A., 2009, Systematics of Sparganothoides Lambert and Powell, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini), Zootaxa 2150 (1), pp. 1-78 : 42-43

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2150.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5483754
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD2F87FB-FFB5-F407-FF70-F9B6FC30FA0E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Sparganothoides capitiornata Kruse and Powell
status	sp. nov.

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20. Sparganothoides capitiornata Kruse and Powell , new species

Figs. 27 View FIGURES 25–30 , 51 View FIGURES 48–56 , 82 View FIGURES 79–94

Diagnosis. Sparganothoides capitiornata is very similar to S. canorisana , but the shape of the apex of the uncus (with minute cylindrical processes in S. capitiornata compared to subrectangular in S. canorisana ) and the shape of the apical portion of the socii/gnathos arm (a treble clef-shaped lobe in S. canorisana compared to mitten-shaped in S. capitiornata ) clearly separate the two.

Description. Male. Head: Frons yellowish brown, smooth scaled; vertex roughened laterally, yellowish brown to brown; two large exoskeletal protuberances between mesal-posterior margins of compound eyes, angled toward middle; one large conical protuberance between antennae; broad area of densely packed, short, yellowish brown scales between anterior and posterior protuberances; short, erect, yellowish white scales between posterior protuberances. Labial palpus white mesally, yellowish brown to brown laterally. Antennal scaling yellowish brown to brown. Thorax: Smooth scaled laterally, yellowish brown or brown, dense column of short yellowish white to brownish yellow scales mesally; tegula with clump small orange or brown pointed scales at apex giving tegula truncate appearance. Forewing length 9.1–10.2 mm (= 9.7; n = 10). Forewing costal fold extending slightly less than half of wing length, costa curled beyond middle of wing; forewing ground color yellowish brown to brown, with heavy scattering of brown scales and spots; tornal mark represented by small brown spot dorsad, or absent; indistinct brown and orange transverse strigulae throughout subterminal and terminal areas; some specimens with irridescent purple scales associated with strigulae; often with brown spot at apex of discal cell. Fringe yellowish brown. Hindwing gray, often with diffuse dense gray transverse striae throughout. Abdomen: Genitalia ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 25–30 ; slide #JJK298; NMNH; Guatemala, Volcán Santa María; n = 7) uncus long, slender, curved, with long setae dorsally and lacking a distinct patch of small setae ventrally, ovately widened subapically, with two minute cylindrical processes apically; tegumen raised and rounded at base of uncus; socius narrowly rounded to subtriangular posteriorly, secondary arms long, slender, abruptly angled near middle, enlarged apices strongly asymmetrically bilobed, somewhat mitten-shaped; transtilla sclerotized, conspicuously bilobed, spines large, numerous over middle one-third of posterior margin, anterior process reinforced with invagination at middle; valva subrectangular with sclerotized, curved crease connecting to near base of sacculus and extending over two-thirds of valva; costa concavely curved; sacculus convex; pulvinus present; phallus pistol-shaped, aedeagus parallel-sided, slightly curved, shorter than phallobase, with ventral lip apically, attached to juxta by a thin process; phallobase long, with a short bulb; cornuti with minute spine near base.

Female. Head, Thorax: Essentially as described for male. Forewing length 9.9–10.7 mm (= 10.1; n = 4). Abdomen: Genitalia ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 48–56 ; slide #JJK297; NMNH; Guatemala, Volcán Santa María; n = 4) with papillae anales parallel-sided, subtriangular posteriorly; sterigma srtrongly sclerotized ventrally, concave anteriorly; ductus bursae short, widened anteriorly; corpus bursae large, irregularly rounded; signum more than three times as long as wide, simple, weakly curved, rounded at apices.

Type material. Holotype: Male: GUATEMALA: Volcán Santa María, vii[no year], Schaus & Barnes Collection ( NMNH).

Paratypes (14♂, 4♀). GUATEMALA: Volcán Santa María , vii.[no year] (7♂, 2♀), Schaus & Barnes Collection ( EME, NMNH), vi.[no year] (4♂, 2♀), x.[no year] (1♂), xi.[no year] (2♂), Schaus & Barnes Collection ( NMNH) .

Immature stages. Unknown.

Biology. This species has been captured in June and July and in October and November, suggesting two broods annually.

Etymology. The name was proposed by Lambert (1950) and is derived from the Latin “capitis” (= head) and “ornatus” (= ornament), referring to the protuberances of the head.