Hypatopa rea Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 140-141

Hypatopa rea Adamski , new species

( Figs. 270 , 405 , Map 50)

Diagnosis.— Hypatopa rea can be distinguished from other Hypatopa by having a pale brownish-gray ground color of the basal 2/3 of the forewing interrupted by a darker basal area between the costa and anal margin; an incomplete submedian fascia; and a dark brownish gray apical 1/3.

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

Thorax: Tegula with brownish-gray scales tipped with pale brownish gray on basal 1/2, brownish gray on apical 1/2; mesonotum brownish gray on basal 1/5, pale brownish gray on apical 4/5. Legs brownish gray intermixed with pale brownish-gray scales near midsegments and along apical margins of all segments and tarsomeres. Forewing ( Fig. 405 ): Length 7.9 mm (n = 1), pale brownish gray intermixed with brown and few white scales; basal area between costa and anal margin brown; submedian fascia incomplete, flanked by pale brownishgray and white scales; cell with three brown spots, one near middle, two on apical end along crossvein; apical 1/3 brown intermixed with brownish-gray scales; marginal spots faint. Undersurface brown. Hindwing: Translucent pale brown gradually darkening to apex.

Abdomen: Male genitalia: Unknown. Female Genitalia ( Fig. 270 ): Apophyses posteriores slightly more than 3X longer than apophyses anteriores. Eighth tergum with a darkly pigmented median longitudinal streak. Ostium bursae within densely microtrichiate membrane posterior to seventh segment; inception of ductus seminalis near posterior margin of seventh sternum; posterior margin of seventh sternum emarginate laterally, forming protberant and truncate, median lobe. Ductus bursae about 1 1/ 4X longer than apophyses posteriores; slightly spinulate on anterior 1/3. Corpus bursae ovoid, spinulate; signum spinate, arising from conical base.

Holotype, Ƥ, “Est[ación] La Casona, 1520 m, Res[erva] Biol[ógica] Monteverde, Prov[incia] Punt[arenas], COSTA RICA, Dic[iembre] 1992, N. Obando, L-N- 253250, 449700, “INBio: COSTA RICA: CRI001, 358272 [barcode label], “INBio, Ƥ Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski, No. 4501 [yellow label].

MAP 50. Distribution of Hypatopa rea (●) and H. hora (˔).

Distribution (Map 50). Hypatopa rea is known from one collecting site on the Cordillera de Tilarán in westcentral Costa Rica.

Etymology. The specific epithet rea is derived from the Latin reus meaning, a party in a lawsuit, plantiff or defendant.

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.