Hypatopa sais Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 140

Hypatopa sais Adamski , new species

( Figs. 269 , 404 , Map 49)

Diagnosis.— Hypatopa sais can be distinguished from other Hypatopa by having a pale and transversely straight submedian fascia of the forewing.

Description.—Head: Vertex with brownish-gray scales tipped with pale brownish gray; dorsal part of frontoclypeus with brownish-gray scales tipped with pale brownish gray, ventral part of frontoclypeus pale brownish gray. Outer and inner surfaces of labial palpus brown intermixed with pale-brown scales along apical margins of segment 1–2. Antennal scape brownish gray intermixed with pale-brown scales along anterior and apical margins, [pecten missing], flagellum brown basally gradually brightening apically. Proboscis pale brownish gray.

Thorax: Tegula brownish gray except distolateral margins pale brownish gray; mesonotum brownish gray. Legs brownish gray intermixed with pale brownish-gray scales near midsegments and along apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing ( Fig. 404 ): Length 5.9 mm (n = 1), brownish gray intermixed with pale brownish-gray scales and few dark-brown scales; submedian fascia transversely straight, pale brownish gray; areas basal and apical to fascia browinsh gray. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Translucent pale brown gradually darkening to apex.

Abdomen: Male genitalia: Unknown. Female Genitalia ( Fig. 269 ): Apophyses posteriores about 3X longer than apophyses anteriores. Eighth sternum quadrate. Ostium bursae within membrane posterior to seventh segment; a short and membranous antrum connecting ductus seminalis and widened posterior part of ductus bursae from shared point. Posterior margin of seventh sternum straight. Ductus bursae slightly greater than 3X longer than apophyses posteriores; slightly spinulate on anterior 1/3. Corpus bursae ovoid, spinulate; signum spinate, arising from a rounded base.

Holotype, Ƥ, “ Quepos, 140 m, P[arque] N[acional] Manuel Antonio, Prov[incia] Punt[arenas], COSTA RICA, G. Varela & R. Zuniga, Oct[ubre] 1990, L-S- 371500, 449450, “INBio: COSTA RICA: CRI000, 223336 [barcode label], “INBio, Ƥ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 4500 [yellow label].

Distribution (Map 49). Hypatopa sais is known from one collecting site on the central Pacific coastline of Costa Rica.

Etymology. The specific epithet sais is named in honor of Sais , the old capital of Lower Egypt.

Figures

FIGURES 269 – 271. Female genitalia of Blastobasinae. 269, Hypatopa sais (Slide 4500). 270, Hypatopa rea (Slide 4501). 271, Hypatopa hora (Slide 4503).

FIGURES 400 – 407. Imagos of Blastobasinae. 400, Hypatopa bilobata, holotype. 401, Hypatopa rabio, holotype. 402, Hypatopa rudis, holotype. 403, Hypatopa musa, holotype. 404, Hypatopa sais, holotype. 405, Hypatopa rea, holotype. 406, Hypatopa hora, holotype. 407, Hypatopa gena, holotype.