Cosmopoda graziani ( Razowski, 2015 ) Brown & Aarvik & Timm, 2023

Brown, John W., Aarvik, Leif & Timm, Alicia, 2023, Gibbalaria: A new genus of Olethreutini from the Afrotropical Region (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), and a new combination in Cosmopoda Diakonoff, Zootaxa 5263 (2), pp. 217-239 : 234-236

Cosmopoda graziani ( Razowski, 2015) , new combination

Figs 37, 38

Diakonoffiana graziani Razowski, 2015: 36 .

Remarks. Although described in Diakonoffiana Koçak, 1981 , the male genitalia of Cosmopoda graziani have little in common with those of Diakonoffiana cyanitis (Diakonoff, 1983) , the type species of Diakonoffiana . The species is transferred to Cosmopoda on the basis of the overall similarity of the uncus, tegumen, and valvae to those of Cosmopoda aenopus Diakonoff, 1981 , described from Madagascar.

Superficially, C. graziani is similar to G. divergana , G. occidentana , and G. chiloanei , but the hindwing is weakly lobed at the anal angle and there is dense patch of thick secondary setae from the base of the hindwing ( Fig. 37 ). The male genitalia ( Fig. 38 ) are extremely similar to those of C. aenopus (see Razowski 2015: fig. 22). Whereas the tegumen, uncus, and socii are similar to those of G. divergana , G. occidentana , and G. chiloanei , the valvae are dramatically different, conspicuously constricted basad of the cucullus resulting in a narrow neck that bears a patch of exceedingly long setae; and the flange at the base of the cucullus is lobe-like bearing a single long, strong spine and a small patch of shorter setae ( Fig. 38 ).

Types. Holotype ♁, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Champagne Castle Hotel, Winterton 1600 m, 12–13 Feb 1996, G. Bassi ( GBC), Razowski slide 6420.

Paratypes (1♁). South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Champagne Castle Hotel, Winterton 1600 m, 12–13 Feb 1996, G. Bassi ( GBC), GS 6480 .

Figures

FIGURES 36‒38. Gibbalaria and Cosmopoda. 36, Gibbalaria analcis, female genitalia, USNM slide 145,605. 37. Cosmopoda graziani, male holotype; 38. C. graziani, male genitalia, Razowski slide 6420.