Mimcochylis fulvotinctana ( Walsingham, 1884 ) Brown, 2019

Brown, John W., 2019, New genera, new species, and new combinations in New World Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), Zootaxa 4671 (2), pp. 195-222 : 214

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.2

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E08794-FFD2-FFEF-FF5B-7E01FA84FB29

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scientific name

Mimcochylis fulvotinctana ( Walsingham, 1884 )
status

comb. nov.

Mimcochylis fulvotinctana ( Walsingham, 1884) View in CoL , new combination

Figs. 13 View FIGURES 11–18 , 28 View FIGURES 27–32 , 43 View FIGURES 39–43

Conchylis fulvotinctana Walsingham, 1884: 132 View in CoL .

Phalonia fulvotinctana: McDunnough 1939: 60 .

“Incertae sedis” [unplaced Cochylini View in CoL ] fulvotinctana: Razowski 1964: 384 ; Powell 1983: 42; Razowski 1994: 359; Brown 2005: 209; Metzler & Brown 2014: 278.

Cochylis fulvotinctana: Powell et al. 1995: 142 .

Mimcochylis planola Razowski, 1985: 61 View in CoL , new synonym.

The generic assignment of Conchylis fulvotinctana has been elusive since its description. Walsingham (1884) assigned it to the catch-all genus Conchylis (an unjustified emendation of Cochylis View in CoL ); McDunnough (1939) placed it in Phalonia ; Razowski (1964) treated it as “incertae sedis), and the latter assignment (unplaced) was followed by Powell (1983), Brown (2005), and Metzler and Brown (2014). Because the type (NHMUK) lacks its abdomen, the generic assignment has remained enigmatic. However, I recently discovered two series of specimens, one from Arizona (USNM) and one from Baja California (SDNHM), that are superficially indistinguishable from the type of fulvotinctana ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–18 ). The male genitalia ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 27–32 ) of the specimens match precisely those illustrated by Razowski (1985: fig. 1) for Mimcochylis planola Razowski, 1985 View in CoL . Based on these observations, I propose the synonymy of fulvotinctana and planola View in CoL , and transfer fulvotinctana to Mimcochylis View in CoL .

According to the original description, Walsingham (1884) had two specimens from Arizona. Razowski (1994: 384) referred to the only one he examined as “ lectotype ” and indicated “without abdomen,” and I interpret this as the designation of that specimen as the lectotype; the specimen bears a holotype label (NHMUK 010921407).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Tortricidae

Genus

Mimcochylis

Loc

Mimcochylis fulvotinctana ( Walsingham, 1884 )

Brown, John W. 2019
2019
Loc

Cochylis fulvotinctana: Powell et al. 1995: 142

Powell, J. A. & Razowski, J. & Brown, J. W. 1995: 142
1995
Loc

Mimcochylis planola

Razowski, J. 1985: 61
1985
Loc

Phalonia fulvotinctana:

McDunnough, J. 1939: 60
1939
Loc

Conchylis fulvotinctana

Walsingham, L. T. de 1884: 132
1884
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