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

Cirrothaumatia vesta ( Clarke, 1968)

( Figs. 9 , 13 , 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 ) 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 ) similar to those of C. tornosema ( Fig. 7a ). The female genitalia ( Fig. 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).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Distribution map of known localities for Cirrothaumatia species (NGS base map): C. huemboana n. sp., yellow square (Peru:Amazonas). C. moyobamba n. sp., black-bordered white square (Peru: San Martín). C. pichita n. sp., white square (Peru: Junín). C. tornocarpa (Meyrick), red square (Panama: Chiriquí). C. tornosema (Clarke), black squares (Mexico:Veracruz; Guatemala: Quetzaltenango; Costa Rica: Cartago, Heredia, and Puntarenas; and Ecuador: Pichincha). C. vesta (Clarke), blue square (Venezuela: Aragua).

FIGURES 7–9. Genital features of related species of Cirrothaumatia: 7) C. tornosema (Clarke), female holotype (Guatemala, USNM) and male (a, shown without left valva; valval scale tuft shown intact on left valval base: Costa Rica, VOB); 8) C. tornocarpa (Meyrick), female holotype (Panama, NHMV); 9) C. vesta (Clarke), female paratype and male holotype (a, with aedeagus to right) (Venezuela, USNM) (Fig. 7, 9 and 9a, after Clarke (1968); Fig. 7a, after Razowski (1964); Fig. 8, after Razowski and Becker (1986)).

FIGURES 10–17. Habitats of Cirrothaumatia species: 10) type-locality of C. pichita n. sp., Cerro Pichita Res. Sta. (2165 m), San Ramon, Junín, Peru (Nov 2012, JBH); 11) type-locality of C. huemboana n. sp., Huembo Reserve (2085 m), La Florida, Amazonas, Peru (Oct 2012, JBH); 12) type-locality of C. moyobamba n. sp., Rumipata Lodge (970 m), Moyobamba, San Martín, Peru (Oct 2012, JBH); 13) type- locality of C. vesta (Clarke), Rancho Grande (1100 m), Aragua, Venezuela (Venezuela Tourism photo); 14) type-locality of C. tornosema, Volcan Santa Maria (3810 m), with forest sites ca. 800–2000 m, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Guatemala Tourism photo); 15) site in Mexico for C. tornosema (Clarke), Huatusco (1300 m), Veracruz, Mexico (Volcan Orizaba (5636 m) in background) (Mexico Tourism photo); 16) site in Costa Rica for C. tornosema, Braulio Carrillo Natl. Park (forest ca. 1100 m), Heredia, Costa Rica (Costa Rica Natl. Pks. photo); 17) type-locality of C. tornocarpa (Meyrick), Lino (ca. 800 m), Boquete Dist., Chiriquí, Panama (Panama Tourism photo).