Anopinella rigidana Brown and Adamski

Brown, John W. & Adamski, David, 2003, Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera, Zootaxa 200, pp. 1-94 : 44-45

Anopinella rigidana Brown and Adamski , new species

Figs. 31, 87

Diagnosis. Anopinella rigidana is known only from the male holotype. The genitalia are similar to those of A. sympatrica in several features: both have a large, curved uncus; long, slender, strongly sclerotized socii; long, slender gnathos arms with a short, blunt lobe from near the middle of the posterior edge (more distal in A. sympatrica ); and valvae with a comparatively large subbasal lobe (= short sacculus). The two can be separated by the unique shapes of the gnathos arms, the broader dorsolateral portion of the tegumen in A. rigidana , and the more squarish apicoventral angle of the valva of A. sympatrica ( Figs. 31, 32).

Description. Head: Frontoclypeus pale yellowish brown; vertex yellowish brown intermixed with pale yellow scales tipped with brown; labial palpus with outer surface brown, inner surface pale yellowish brown. Antenna with scape brown; basal 6­8 flagellomeres brown or reddish brown; distal flagellomeres pale brown.

Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum pale brown. Forewing (Fig. 87) length 10.2 mm (n = 1); basal fascia and costal blotch brown, intermixed with dark brown, separated by a band of pale brown intermixed with brown, reddish brown, and dark brown demarcating a subtriangular costal blotch, recurved from distal costa through subapical area to tornus, encircling an elongate, brown or pale brown ocellus, except on posterior part; posterior part of ocellus contiguous with dorsum; costal blotch with dark brown scales mostly on posterior half, and with small white spot near posterior end; apical forewing brown intermixed with pale brown; area between CuP and posterior margin brown intermixed with reddish brown. Fringe gray on inner half, reddish brown on outer portion. Hindwing pale brown, with irregular, grayish brown transverse bands, gradually darkening to apex.

Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 31; drawn from USNM slide 94086; n = 1) with uncus strongly curved posteriorly near middle. Tegumen broadly rounded dorsolaterally, broadest dorsally. Socii elongate, slender, strongly sclerotized, ca. 0.75 length of basal portion of gnathos arms. Gnathos arms smooth, with short, blunt lobe near middle of posterior edge. Valva with costa slightly upcurved from subbasal curve to apex; ventral margin expanded subbasally at cucullus (more exaggerated than shown in Fig. 31); postsaccular region weakly concave to apicoventral angle; valva with fine hair­like setae along margin in vicinity of apicoventral angle; outer margin rounded. Phallus broad; vesica microtrichiate. Female unknown.

Holotype, ɗ, Costa Rica , Cartago Province, Tapantí, 1200­1700 m, 20 Aug­15 Sep 2000, V. Becker. Deposited in VBC.

Etymology. The species name refers to the rigid socii in the male genitalia.