Glyphidocera vestita Walsingham 1911

(Figs. 225–227, 362, Map 41)

Glyphidocera vestita Walsingham, 1911: 112; Becker 1984: 41 (checklist).

Diagnosis.— Glyphidocera vestita is most similar to G. speculae but differs by having fewer rows of sex scales between terga 2–3 on the abdomen of the male, a tegumen that is wider basally, a narrower costal furcae of valva, a more protracted apicoventral margin of the valval cucullus, an apical cornutus with a bulbous base, and the presence of many spinelike cornuti on vesica of aedeagus.

Description.— Head: Scales on vertex and frontoclypeus brown tipped with pale brown; outer and inner surfaces of labial palpus brown intermixed with pale­brown scales to apical margin of segment II; scape of antenna brown intermixed with few pale­brown scales, flagellum with alternating bands of brown and pale­brown scales; male 4th flagellomere dorsally protuberant and curved, forming a deep concavity opposite slightly excavated flagellomeres 5–6; concavity nearly closed by a few setiform scales on apex of protuberance of 4th flagellomere; proboscis brown.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum with brown scales tipped with pale brown or brown. Legs brown intermixed with pale­brown to apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing (Fig. 362): Length 5.5–6.1 mm (n = 14), brown intermixed with pale­brown scales and few brownish­yellow scales; cell and surrounding areas paler than marginal areas; cell with 2 small, faint spots, 1 spot near middle, 1 spot near distal end [rubbed specimens with spots faint or absent]. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Pale brown.

Abdomen (Fig. 225): Male with 4 transverse rows of sex scales on intersegmental membrane between terga 2–3.

Male Genitalia (Figs. 226–227): Uncus elongate, constricted near ½ length, broadly rounded and upturned apically, apex acuminate and setose; gnathos protuberant, wide throughout length, upturned apically; tegumen slightly widened basally; dorsal strut of tegumen with arms convergent, fusing medially, extending dorsally, gradually widening narrowly to base of uncus; costa of valva nearly straight from a shallow depression beyond a curved, basal, digitate process to an upturned dorsal furca; apex widely bifurcate, inner margin U­shaped; dorsal furca large, falcate, ventral furca extending slightly beyond outer margin of cucullus; sacculus twisted apically, constricting valva slightly before midlength, widening distoventrally forming an broadly rounded, slightly protracted cucullus; cucullus membranous and setose; vesica of aedeagus with many moderately large, spinelike cornuti, and bearing a large, conical, apical cornutus; cornutus bulbous basally, with one side shortened, exposing a hollow, basal cavity.

Female Genitalia: Unknown.

Types Examined: Holotype ɗ, “ Panama: Canal Zone, Tabernilla, VI.1907, A, Busck, (5810). Paratype ɗ, same label data as holotype except, “33632”, “BM Slide No. 30123.” Other Specimens Examined: (14 ɗ), 9 ɗ, “Sector Cerro Cocori, Finca de E. Rojas, Prov[incia] Limón, COSTA RICA, 150 m, Set. 1993, E. Rojas, L­N­286000, 567500, # 2347”, “CRI001, 141294 ”, “Slide No. 704”; “Ago., # 2291”, “CRI001, 135862”, “Slide No. 696”; “Oct.”, # 2395”, “CRI001, 642573”, “Slide No. 712”; “ Jul. 1991 ”, “CRI000, 643115”, “Slide No. 699”; “ Nov. 1991 ”, “CRI000, 460134”, “Slide No. 708”; “ Nov. 1991 ”, “CRI000, 460100”, “Slide No. 703”; “CRI000, 361367”, “Slide No. 700”; “ Oct. 1992 ”, “CRI000, 819733”, “Slide No. 695”; “ 26 Jun. a 16 Jul. 1992 ”, “CRI000, 703098”, “Slide No. 707”; 1 ɗ, “Est. Cuatro Esquinas, P. N. Tortuguero, 0 m, Prov. Limón, COSTA RICA, J. Solano, Oct. 1990, L­N­280000, 590500”, “Slide No. 850”; 1 ɗ, “Estacion Pitilla, 9 km S de Santa Cecilia, Prov. Guana., COSTA RICA, 700 m, 4–24 Abr. 1995, M. Moraga, L­N­329950, 380450, # 4627”, “CRI002, 141080 ”, “Slide No. 771”; 1 ɗ, “Est. Queb. Bonita, 50 m, Res. Biol. Carara, Prov. Punt., COSTA RICA, R. Zuniga, Mar. 1991, L­N­194500, 469850”, “CRI000, 648556”, “Slide No. 642”; 1 ɗ, “Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Prov. Punta., COSTA RICA, 8 m, Oct. 1993, G. Varela, L­S­370900, 448800, # 2463”, “CRI001, 998230”, “Slide No. 810”; 1 ɗ, “Est. Sirena, 0–100 m, P. N. Corcovado, Prov. Puntarenas, COSTA RICA, G. Fonseca, May 1992, L­S­ 270500, 508300”, “CRI000, 914883”, “Slide No. 793”, (7 in INBio, 6 in USNM).

Distribution (Map 41): In Costa Rica, Glyphidocera vestita is known from north­western to north­central Costa Rica, south to the Pacific Coast from the Province of San José east to Puntarenas. G. vestita is also known from Panamá (Walsingham, 1911).