Apotomops spomotopa Brown and Razowski

Brown, John W. & Razowski, Józef, 2003, Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini), Zootaxa 303, pp. 1-31 : 17-18

Apotomops spomotopa Brown and Razowski , new species

Figs. 15 , 26 , 40

Diagnosis. Apotomops spomotopa is superficially similar to other species of Apotomops . The male genitalia are most similar to those of A. carchicola , but can be distinguished by the shorter, broader digitate process at the distal end of the aedeagus.

Description. Head: White scaled; antennal flagellomeres somewhat rounded, male with extremely short cilia. Thorax: Forewing ( Fig. 40 ) length 7.5 mm in male, 10.0 mm in female; ground color white, faintly mottled with gray overscaling in distal 0.5; slender black oblique bar from costa ca. 0.15 distance from base to apex; small semicircular blotch near middle of costa; dorsal half of basal half of forewing blackish brown, with scaling extending nearly to costal blotch, isolating a subrectangular white patch in basal 0.5; hindwing white, pale beige in apical region, lacking male secondary structures. Abdomen: Male genitalia ( Fig. 15 ) with uncus short, stout, somewhat spindle­shaped; socii short, relatively broad; gnathos unmodified, with long distal process at junction of arms; transtilla a simple bridge, slightly folded at middle; valva uniform in width, arched dorsally throughout, rounded apically, sacculus with irregular row of spines along dorsal edge; aedeagus complex, with a stout curved spine from near phallobase. Female genitalia ( Fig. 26 ) with papillae anales simple; sterigma a large rounded pocket; ductus bursae short, broad, with large complex accessory bursa; corpus bursae round­oblong, with extremely faint spiculae.

Holotype, ɗ, Peru, Divisoria, 5200', 20–23 Jun 1982, C. V. Covell, Jr. (USNM).

Paratype. Peru: Same data as holotype (1Ψ) (USNM).

Etymology. The specific epithet is the genus name spelled backwards, creating a palindrome.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 15. Male genitalia of Acmanthina and Apotomops; valvae spread, aedeagus removed (to left of capsule). 13, Acmanthina acmanthes; 14, Apotomops boliviana 15, Apotomops spomotopa.

FIGURES 22 – 27. Female genitalia of Haemateulia, Acmanthina, Apotomops, and Bonagota. 22, H. haematitis. 23, H. barrigana; 24, Acmanthina acmanthes; 25, Apotomps boliviana; 26, Apotomops spomotopa; 27, Bonagota arizonae.

FIGURES 36 – 41. Adults of Haemateulia, Apotomops, and Bonagota. 36, H. haematitis; 37, H. barrigana; 38, H. barrigana; 39. A. boliviana; 40. A. spomotopa; 41. B. salubricola.