Lioptilodes arcabuco Kovtunovich et Ustjuzhanin, 2022

Kovtunovich, V. N., Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Sinyaev, V. V. & Streltzov, A. N., 2022, New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Colombia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (2), pp. 172-178 : 175

Lioptilodes arcabuco Kovtunovich et Ustjuzhanin , sp.n.

Figs 7–8 .

TYPE MATERIAL: Holotype, ♂, ( ZISP, gen.pr. Nr.1966), COLOMBIA, Boyacá Arcabuco, road Arcabuco-Togui , 5°49´16´´N, 73°28´54´´W, 30.VII.2017, 2700m, V. Sinyaev leg.

DESCRIPTION. External characters. Head grey-brown. Labial palpi brown, thin, straight 1,5 times longer than longitudinal eye diameter. Antennae dark-brown. Wingspan 27 mm. Cleft of fore wings very short, located next to costal edge. Fore wings greyish-brown. Oblique narrow brown stroke in front of cleft. Fringe on outer edge of fore wings grey, only in medium part with dark portions of scales. Hind wings unicolorous, of the same color as fore wing. Fringe on outer edge of third lobe basally and medially with dark-brown bundles of hairs. Hind legs light-grey, darkened with dark-brown scales at bases of spurs and on chela.

Male genitalia. Valves symmetric, apices isolated, slightly narrowing. Sacculus basally wide, smoothly narrowing to distal part. Uncus narrow, long, apically acute. Tegumen bilobed. Anellus arms basally wide, apically narrowing. Saccus with triangular notch. Aedeagus curved almost at a right angle, basal process directed forwards, perpendicular to aedeagus.

Female unknown.

DIAGNOSIS. In the short cleft of the wings and in the general structure of the male genitalia, the new species is close to Lioptilodes gualaceo Gielis, 2014 , but differs in another color of the wings and in the bigger size. In the male genitalia, the new species differs from L. gualaceo in the narrowing, isolated apices of the valves, the shape of the anellus arms and the basal process of the aedeagus which sticks out perpendicularly to the aedeagus, while in L. gualaceo the process is clinging to it.

Flight period: July

DISTRIBUTION. Colombia.

ETYMOLOGY. Toponymic name: from Spanish, a place surrounded by hills.

Figures

Figs 7–8. Lioptilodes arcabuco, sp.n.: 7 — adult (Holotype, ZISP); 8 — male genitalia (Holotype, ZISP, gen.pr. Nr.1966). Рис. 7–8. Lioptilodes arcabuco, sp.n.: 7 — имаго (голотип, ZISP); 8 — гениталии самца (голотип, ZISP, gen.pr. Nr.1966).