Astrotischeria maya Diškus & Stonis, 2018

Jonas R. Stonis, Arūnas Diškus, Fernando Carvalho Filho & Owen T. Lewis, 2018, American Asteraceae-feeding Astrotischeria species with a highly modified, three-lobed valva in the male genitalia (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae), Zootaxa 4469 (1), pp. 1-69 : 27-36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4469.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:42680994-585D-4230-B574-8DB398341B23
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5949585
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/978B1C1E-ABE7-4258-8BD9-EDDED88A6A85
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:978B1C1E-ABE7-4258-8BD9-EDDED88A6A85
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Astrotischeria maya Diškus & Stonis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Astrotischeria maya Diškus & Stonis View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 7 View FIGURES 7–10 , 83–92 View FIGURES 83–88 View FIGURES 89–92 , 233–235 View FIGURE 233 View FIGURES 234–238 )

Type material. Holotype: ♂, HONDURAS: Copán Department, Copán Archaeological Site Ruinas, 14°50'13"N, 89°08'37"W, elevation ca GoogleMaps . 620 m, 15.ii.2012, A. Diškus, genitalia slide no. AD524♂ (ZMUC).

Diagnosis. From the most similar A. selvica it differs in the apically rounded dorsal lobe of valva and the narrow gap between median lobes of uncus.

Male ( Figs. 83, 84 View FIGURES 83–88 ). Forewing length about 2.9 mm; wingspan about 6.4 mm. Head: face pale brown; palpi brownish cream; frontal tuft comprised of brownish cream lamellar scales; pecten very prominent; antenna with about 36 segments, longer than half the length of forewing; flagellum ochre cream; sensillae very long and fine, brownish cream. Thorax ochre cream; tegula densely speckled with grey-brown scales, particularly densely anteriorly. Forewing slender, speckled with pale brown to dark brown scales, especially densely along costa in apical half of the forewing; most of the dark scales pale-tipped; apically forewing with an elongated, pale yellowish ochre patch; fringe pale brown on costal margin and tornus but yellowish ochre near to the apical patch; fringe-line indistinct, formed by a few black-brown scales; forewing underside brown, without spots or androconia. Hindwing brown on both upper and underside, except narrow edges on upper side which remain cream; no androconia; fringe pale grey-brown. Legs very contrasting in color: bright yellow cream to ochre cream, speckled with dark greybrown scales on upper side or ochreous cream scales distally.

Female. Unknown.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 7 View FIGURES 7–10 , 85–92 View FIGURES 83–88 View FIGURES 89–92 ). Capsule about 520 µm long, 265–280 µm wide. Uncus consisting of two slender, long, lateral lobes and two short, rounded, median lobes ( Fig. 86 View FIGURES 83–88 ); the gap between median lobes narrow. Valva divided ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7–10 ): ventral lobe slightly curved, about 360 µm long and rather wide ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 83–88 ); dorsal lobes consisting of two lobes: an inwardly curved, distally rounded lobe ( Figs. 89, 90 View FIGURES 89–92 ) and more thickened, distally pointed lobe; transtilla absent; basal process of valva long ( Figs. 86 View FIGURES 83–88 , 89 View FIGURES 89–92 ). Anellus with 5 setae, thickened only proximally ( Fig. 91 View FIGURES 89–92 ), distally membranous. Phallus 640 µm long, distally bifurcated and without numerous fine spines ( Figs. 87 View FIGURES 83–88 , 92 View FIGURES 89–92 ).

Bionomics. Adults fly in February. Otherwise biology unknown.

Distribution ( Fig. 233 View FIGURE 233 ). Known from a single locality in Honduras, at an elevation of about 600 m ( Figs. 234, 235 View FIGURES 234–238 ).

Etymology. This species is named after the Maya people, a Mesoamerican civilization in reference to the discovery of the species right in the Copán archaeological site, a world-wide famous Mayan ruins in Honduras.