Zulemita Urra, 2013

Urra, Francisco, Araneda, Sebastián & Moreira, Gilson R. P., 2023, New species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Chile, Zootaxa 5254 (2), pp. 209-230 : 222

Genus Zulemita Urra, 2013

Zulemita Urra, 2013: 34 .

Type species: Zulemita romeralensis Urra, 2013: 35 , figs. 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d; by original designation.

Urra (2013b) established the genus Zulemita to include two species, Z. romeralensis and Z. tenensis, based on the following combination of characters: scape of antenna with a pecten; labial palpus recurved, second segment exceeding base of antenna; FW with termen oblique, vein R 4+5 stalked, R 5 to termen, CuP present, 1A+2A furcate; HW with veins M 3 and CuA 1 short-stalked; hindtibia with raised piliform scales; terga with spiniform setae arranged in patches longer than wide, second abdominal sternum with apodemes and venulae; uncus and gnathos subtriangular, valva subtriangular with costal proximal setose proccess; juxta without lateral lobes, diaphragm with microtrichia; phallus coiled proximally, vesica with cornutus; antrum sclerotized and tubular, with ventral digitiform process; ductus bursae spiral-shaped with posterior membranous chamber, corpus bursae with signum. The new species shares these characters with the type species Z. romeralensis , which is why we place it in this genus.