Astrotischeria maya Diškus & Stonis, 2018

Jonas R. Stonis, Arūnas Diškus, Fernando Carvalho Filho & Owen T. Lewis, 2018, American Asteraceae-feeding Astrotischeria species with a highly modified, three-lobed valva in the male genitalia (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae), Zootaxa 4469 (1), pp. 1-69 : 27-36

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4469.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5949585
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/978B1C1E-ABE7-4258-8BD9-EDDED88A6A85
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treatment provided by	Plazi (2018-10-10 13:06:50, last updated 2024-11-27 00:33:21)
scientific name	Astrotischeria maya Diškus & Stonis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Astrotischeria maya Diškus & Stonis View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 7 View FIGURES 7–10 , 83–92 View FIGURES 83–88 View FIGURES 89–92 , 233–235 View FIGURE 233 View FIGURES 234–238 )

Type material. Holotype: ♂, HONDURAS: Copán Department, Copán Archaeological Site Ruinas, 14°50'13"N, 89°08'37"W, elevation ca GoogleMaps . 620 m, 15.ii.2012, A. Diškus, genitalia slide no. AD524♂ (ZMUC).

Diagnosis. From the most similar A. selvica it differs in the apically rounded dorsal lobe of valva and the narrow gap between median lobes of uncus.

Male ( Figs. 83, 84 View FIGURES 83–88 ). Forewing length about 2.9 mm; wingspan about 6.4 mm. Head: face pale brown; palpi brownish cream; frontal tuft comprised of brownish cream lamellar scales; pecten very prominent; antenna with about 36 segments, longer than half the length of forewing; flagellum ochre cream; sensillae very long and fine, brownish cream. Thorax ochre cream; tegula densely speckled with grey-brown scales, particularly densely anteriorly. Forewing slender, speckled with pale brown to dark brown scales, especially densely along costa in apical half of the forewing; most of the dark scales pale-tipped; apically forewing with an elongated, pale yellowish ochre patch; fringe pale brown on costal margin and tornus but yellowish ochre near to the apical patch; fringe-line indistinct, formed by a few black-brown scales; forewing underside brown, without spots or androconia. Hindwing brown on both upper and underside, except narrow edges on upper side which remain cream; no androconia; fringe pale grey-brown. Legs very contrasting in color: bright yellow cream to ochre cream, speckled with dark greybrown scales on upper side or ochreous cream scales distally.

Female. Unknown.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 7 View FIGURES 7–10 , 85–92 View FIGURES 83–88 View FIGURES 89–92 ). Capsule about 520 µm long, 265–280 µm wide. Uncus consisting of two slender, long, lateral lobes and two short, rounded, median lobes ( Fig. 86 View FIGURES 83–88 ); the gap between median lobes narrow. Valva divided ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7–10 ): ventral lobe slightly curved, about 360 µm long and rather wide ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 83–88 ); dorsal lobes consisting of two lobes: an inwardly curved, distally rounded lobe ( Figs. 89, 90 View FIGURES 89–92 ) and more thickened, distally pointed lobe; transtilla absent; basal process of valva long ( Figs. 86 View FIGURES 83–88 , 89 View FIGURES 89–92 ). Anellus with 5 setae, thickened only proximally ( Fig. 91 View FIGURES 89–92 ), distally membranous. Phallus 640 µm long, distally bifurcated and without numerous fine spines ( Figs. 87 View FIGURES 83–88 , 92 View FIGURES 89–92 ).

Bionomics. Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown.

Distribution ( Fig. 233 View FIGURE 233 ). Known from a single locality in Honduras, at an elevation of about 600 m ( Figs. 234, 235 View FIGURES 234–238 ).

Etymology. This species is named after the Maya people, a Mesoamerican civilization in reference to the discovery of the species right in the Copán archaeological site, a world-wide famous Mayan ruins in Honduras.

Figures

FIGURE 233. DISTRIbUTION MAP. CURRENTLy KNOWN SPECIES OF THE Astrotischeria trilobata GROUP. (MAP bASE—COURTESy OF TOM PATTERSON, THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN HARPERS FERRy, WEST VIRGINIA, USA). NOTE: ALSO SEE REMARKS IN THE TExT ON A. heliopsisella (CHAMbERS).

FIGURES 234–238. HAbITATS OF Astrotischeria species. 234, 235, A. maya DIŠKUS & STONIS, sp. nov., COPáN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE RUINAS, HONDURAS, 14°50'13"N, 89°08'37"W, ELEVATION CA. 620 M; 236, A. selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS, sp. nov., TIKAL NATIONAL PARK, GUATEMALA, 17°13'28"N, 89°37'10"W, ELEVATION 290 M; 237, 238, A. selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS, sp. nov. AND A. casila DIŠKUS & STONIS, sp. nov., LAS CUEVAS, BELIzE, 16°43'58"S, 88°59'06"W, ELEVATION 580 M. FIG. 237—COURTESy OF LAS CUEVAS BIOLOGICAL STATION AND ALEx MONRO, THE ROyAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, LONDON).

FIGURES 7–10. DORSAL LObES OF VALVA, LATERAL VIEW. 7, Astrotischeria maya DIŠKUS & STONIS, sp. nov.; 8, A. selvica DIŠKUS, CARVALHO-FILHO & STONIS, sp. nov.; 9, 10, A. trilobata DIŠKUS & STONIS, sp. nov.

FIGURES 83–88. Astrotischeria maya DIŠKUS & STONIS, sp. nov., HOLOTyPE, HONDURAS (ZMUC). 83, 84, MALE ADULT; 85, 86, MALE GENITALIA, CAPSULE WITH PHALLUS REMOVED, GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD524; 87, PHALLUS; 88, CHITINIzED RING.

FIGURES 89–92. MALE GENITALIA OF Astrotischeria maya DIŠKUS & STONIS, sp. nov., GENITALIA SLIDE NO. AD524, HOLOTyPE, HONDURAS (ZMUC). 89, 90, CAPSULE WITH PHALLUS REMOVED; 91, ANELLUS; 92, APICAL PART OF PHALLUS.