Amorbia santamaria Phillips & Powell, 2007

Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie & Powell, Jerry A., 2007, Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)., Zootaxa 1670 (1670), pp. 1-109 : 24-25

9. Amorbia santamaria Phillips & Powell , new species

Figs. 26, 27, 70, 96, 134

DIAGNOSIS. This species is easily distinguished by its longer labial palpus, the absence of a costal fold in the male, and the well defined abdominal dorsal pit.

DESCRIPTION. MALE. FW length 11.5–12.2 mm (mean = 11.3; n = 7). HEAD: Frons convex, white scaled. Vertex and antenna brownish. Labial palpus with junction of segments II and III an oblique angle, concolorous with head scaling laterally, paler on inner surface. THORAX: Dorsum smooth scaled, brown; tegula concolorous. FW ground color light brown, median fascia darker brown, subterminal fascia, including apex, dark brown; costal fold absent. HW ground color pale brown to cream, except for patch of darker scales at apex; anal area with differentiated long, straight, darker scales. ABDOMEN: Dorsal pit well defined. Genitalia as in Fig. 70 (slide # EPR08, USNM, Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Volcán Santa María; n = 2). Uncus developed. Struts of socii absent. Transtilla pointed anteriorly at middle, uniformly covered with small spines. Valva subrectangular, emarginated. Sacculus well defined, extending beyond margin of valva. Aedeagus 0.75X length of valva, mostly straight, bent at apical 0.25.

FEMALE. FW length 13.0–14.0 mm (mean = 13.5; n = 7). HEAD and THORAX: As described for male. ABDOMEN: Genitalia as in Fig. 96 (slide # EPR07, USNM, Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Volcán Santa María; n = 3). Lamella antevaginalis developed into large squarish lateral pockets; median sinus squared, rim of ostium sclerotized. Ductus seminalis arising near ostium. Ductus bursae 2.0X length of lamella antevaginalis, nearly uniform in diameter throughout its length .

TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype: Male: GUATEMALA: QUETZALTENANGO: Volcán Santa María [no date], W. Schaus & W. Barnes ( USNM).

Paratypes. Same data as holotype, 13M, 7F ( USNM) . COSTA RICA: Juan Viñas , 1M [no date] (W. Schaus, USNM) , Orosi , 1F [no date] (Schaus, USNM) . GUATEMALA: ESCUINTLA: Palin , 1M [no date] (W. Schaus & W. Barnes, USNM) ; Purulha , 3M, vii.[no year] (W. Schaus & W. Barnes; 1M, EME, 2M, USNM) .

DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY. This species was collected in Costa Rica and Guatemala ( Fig. 134) more than a century ago; there were no recent records in the material we examined. The biology and immatures are unknown.

ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Volcán Santa María , Guatemala .