Lytopylus chrysokeras (Sharkey) Fig. 8

Austroearinus chrysokeras (Sharkey), (Sharkey 2006).

Lytopylus chrysokeras Sharkey, (Sharkey et al. 2016).

Diagnosis.

Apical flagellomeres usually bright yellow, always distinctly paler than subapical flagellomeres; fore wing mostly infuscated; hind tibia black apically; mesoscutum entirely pale; median tergites entirely pale (yellow to orange).

Biology.

Reared 48 times from seven species of dichomeridine Gelechiidae feeding on seven species of mature leaves of Malvaceae, Violaceae, Rubiaceae, Asteraceae, and Fabaceae growing in ACG rain forest at 240 to 645 m elevation.

Material.

♀: Costa Rica, Alajuela, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, Area de Conservaciόn Guanacaste 10.86472N - 85.41531W 540m., Carolina Cano coll., food plant: Violaceae Rinorea squamata, host caterpillar: Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae, gelJanzen01 Janzen485, coll. date: 6/10/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/29/2010, DHJPAR0040492. [the following have the same data as previous except as indicated] ♂, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/26/2010, DHJPAR0040344. ♂, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/27/2010, DHJPAR0040476. ♂, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/30/2010, DHJPAR0040485. ♂, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/27/2010, DHJPAR0040487. ♀, Gloria Sihezar coll., coll. date: 6/15/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 7/2/2010, DHJPAR0040473. ♀, Gloria Sihezar coll. food plant: Malvaceae Mortoniodendron costaricense, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen356, coll. date: 7/8/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 7/25/2010, DHJPAR0040505. ♀, Elda Araya coll., food plant: Malvaceae Mortoniodendron costaricense, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen356, coll. date: 7/8/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 7/23/2010, DHJPAR0040460. ♀, Osvaldo Espinoza coll., food plant: Rinorea deflexiflora, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen179, coll. date: 6/4/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/20/2014, DHJPAR0055352. ♂, Finca San Gabriel, 10.87766N - 85.39343W 645m., Carolina Cano coll., food plant: Malvaceae Mortoniodendron costaricense, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen356, coll. date: 11/16/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/5/2012, DHJPAR0051373. [same as previous except coll. date and eclosion date] ♂, coll. date: 11/30/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 12/21/2012, DHJPAR0051162. ♀, Gloria Sihezar coll., coll. date: 6/2/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/28/2012, DHJPAR0049276. ♀, Elda Araya coll., coll. date: 10/11/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 11/4/2012, DHJPAR0051364. [the following have the same data as the holotype except as indicated] ♂, Cementerio Viejo, 10.88111N - 85.38889W 570m., Gloria Sihezar coll., food plant: Malvaceae Mortoniodendron costaricense, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen356, coll. date: 7/30/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/17/2014, DHJPAR0057739. ♂, Rio Blanco Abajo, 10.90037N - 85.37254W 500m., food plant: Malvaceae Mortoniodendron costaricense, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen356, coll. date: 6/29/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 7/19/2009, DHJPAR0040070. ♀, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Rio Francia Arriba, 10.89666N - 85.29003W 400m., Jose Perez coll., food plant: Fabaceae Dialium guianense, host caterpillar: Dichomeris Janzen512, coll. date: 1/19/2011, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/7/2011, DHJPAR0042837. [same as previous except and eclosion date] ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/10/2011, DHJPAR0042835. ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/9/2011, DHJPAR0043002. ♀, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Anonas, 10.90528N - 85.27882W 405m., Jose Perez coll., food plant: Violaceae Rinorea deflexiflora, coll. date: 4/6/2012, parasitoid eclosion date: 5/1/2012, DHJPAR0049388. [same as previous except as indicated] ♂, food plant: Rinorea hummelii, coll. date: 2/12/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/26/2013, DHJPAR0051817. ♀, Anabelle Cordoba coll., food plant: Rinorea hummelii, coll. date: 5/20/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/6/2014, DHJPAR0055505. ♂, Anabelle Cordoba coll., coll. date: 5/20/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/5/2014, DHJPAR0055528. [same as previous except as indicated] ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/8/2014, DHJPAR0055522. ♂, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/7/2014, DHJPAR0055527. ♀, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/11/2014, DHJPAR0055353. ♂, coll. date: 5/23/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/7/2014, DHJPAR0055543. ♂, coll. date: 5/23/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/9/2014, DHJPAR0055490. ♂, coll. date: 5/23/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/7/2014, DHJPAR0055507. ♀, coll. date: 5/30/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/18/2014, DHJPAR0055513. ♀, coll. date: 6/2/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/14/2014, DHJPAR0055504. ♀, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Jacobo, 10.94076N - 85.3177W 461m., Petrona Rios coll., food plant: Rinorea deflexiflora, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen179, coll. date: 6/7/2014, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/23/2014, DHJPAR0055986. ♂, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Conguera, 10.91589N - 85.26631W 420m., Jose Perez coll., food plant: Asteraceae Koanophyllon hylonoma, host caterpillar: Dichomeris Janzen703, coll. date: 7/1/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 7/22/2009, DHJPAR0040067. ♂, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Ingas, 11.00311N - 85.42041W 580m., Natalia Santamaria coll. food plant: Rinorea deflexiflora, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen781, coll. date: 5/29/2004, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/21/2004, DHJPAR0015527. ♂, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Trichoptera, 10.98571N - 85.41869W 655m., Calixto Moraga coll. food plant: Rinorea sylvatica, coll. date: 10/8/2009, parasitoid eclosion date: 10/27/2009, DHJPAR0040065. ♂, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Laguna, 10.9888N - 85.42336W 680m., Roster Moraga coll., food plant: Rubiaceae Chiococca alba, coll. date: 1/8/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 1/28/2010, DHJPAR0038356. ♂, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Leonel, 10.99637N - 85.40195W 510m., Dinia Martinez coll., food plant: Rinorea sylvatica, coll. date: 2/4/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 2/22/2010, DHJPAR0039071. ♀, Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Orosilito, 10.98332N - 85.43623W 900m., Freddy Quesada coll., food plant: Malpighiaceae Hiraea reclinata, host caterpillar: gelJanzen01 Janzen19, coll. date: 7/25/2013, parasitoid eclosion date: 8/15/2013, DHJPAR0052673. ♂, Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro, Quebrada Raiz, 11.02865N - 85.48669W 280m., Elieth Cantillano coll. food plant: Rinorea deflexiflora, coll. date: 5/18/2010, parasitoid eclosion date: 6/3/2010, DHJPAR0040331. [same as previous except collector and eclosion date] ♂, Roster Moraga coll., parasitoid eclosion date: 6/1/2010, DHJPAR0040335. ♂, Roster Moraga coll., parasitoid eclosion date: 6/2/2010, DHJPAR0040503.