Dolecta aroa ( Schaus, 1894 ) Naydenov & Yakovlev & Penco & Sinyaev, 2020

Naydenov, Artem E., Yakovlev, Roman V., Penco, Fernando C. & Sinyaev, Victor V., 2020, New data on Neotropical Carpenter-Moths of Subfamily Hypoptinae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). II. A review of the genus Dolecta Herrich-Schäffer, [1854], with description of seventeen new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 35, pp. 82-114 : 87-88

3. Dolecta aroa ( Schaus, 1894) comb. n.

Figs 3−7 , 35−38, 60, 61, 65, 75

Langsdorfia aroa Schaus, 1894: 235−236

Type locality: Venezuela, [Yaracuy State, Bolivar Municipality], Aroa [10.437919°N 68.894078°W] .

Type material (holotype) in USNM, examined.

Material examined. Holotype ♂: Aroa, Venezuela (Genitalia Slide By P. Gentili 1988, USNM 85.170 ) Type No. 18583 ( USNM); 1 ♂, Venezuela, Carabobo, Cordillera de la Costa Bejuma, Casa Maria u. Umg. ca. 500−1600 m, 16. August – 04. September 2005, leg. F. & Th. Greifenstein ( GenPr-Heterocera MWM 28.590 ) ( MWM); 2 ♂♂, ECUADOR, Esmeraldes prov. , 3.2 km E Mompiche, 10 km SW Saraguro 0°29′37′′ N / 79°59′46′′ W, 25.04.2012, H= 140 m, leg. R. Brechlin & V. Sinyaev (GenPr-Heterocera MWM 28.592 ) ( MWM); 6 ♂♂, Ecuador, Esmeraldes, Alto Tambo, Chuchuvi, 0°53′02.82′′ N; 78°31′01.15′′ W; Juni – August 2015, 780 m., leg. H. Thöny ( MWM); 3 ♂♂, Ecuador, Esmeraldes, Alto Tambo, Chuchuvi, 0°53′02.82′′ N / 78°31′01.15′′ W; August 2014, 780 m, leg. H. Thöny ( MWM); 3 ♂♂, Ecuador, Esmeraldes, Alto Tambo, Chuchuvi, 0°53′02.82′′ N; 78°31′01.15′′ W; May−July 2014, 780 m, leg. H. Thöny ( MWM); 1 ♂, ECUADOR, Morona Santiago prov., San Carlos de Limon , 3°11′32′′ S 78°26′40′′ W, 24.11.2011; H= 937 m, leg. V. Sinyaev & O. Romanov ( MWM); 1 ♂, Ecuador, Esmeraldes prov. , 3 km E Mompiche, 140 m, 0°29′37′′ N / 79°59′46′′ W; 25−29.I.2013; leg. Sinyaev & [coll.] Dr. R. Brechlin ( MWM); 1 ♂, Ecuador, El Oro prov., 8 km NW PINAS, 3°38′53′′ S / 79°45′04′′ W, 15.04.2012, H= 900 m, leg. R. Brechlin & V. Sinyaev ( MWM); 1 ♂, Ecuador, El Oro prov., 8 km NW PINAS, 3°38′53′′ / S 79°45′04′′ W, 15.04.2012, H= 900 m, legit Victor Sinyaev (Genital preparation №72 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♂, Colombia ( SW), Valle del Cauca, Reserva forestal “La Albania”; H= 1640 m, 03°37'32"N / 76°23'54"W, 5−8.i.2014, leg. via Victor Sinyaev & [coll.] Dr. R. Brechlin; 1 ♂, Colombia, La Guajira, Carretera Via Palomino- Mingueo, Cabañas El Bosque, 55 m, 11º13'0''N / 73º28'29''W. 06−09.X.2016. leg. V. Sinyaev & [coll.] Dr. R. Brechlin; 1 ♂, Colombia, Magdalena, Municipio de Minca , Reserva El Faunal. 11º07'56''N / 74º06'10''W, 19−21.xi.2014; H= 800 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Mildred Márquez (Genital preparation № 74 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♂, Colombia, Quindío, Valle del Cocora , E of Salento, H= 2300 m, 4˚38'32"N / 75˚30'47"W. 11.iii.2017, leg. Victor Sinyaev (Genital preparation № 77 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♂, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Centella, km 38, vía al mar Cali 03°36'52"N 76°41'14"W, 01.11.2013, H = 950 m, leg. Victor Sinyaev & Mildred Márquez (Genital preparation № 78 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♂, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, rd. La Elsa - El Queremal, PN Farallones de Cali , 3º31'57"N / 76º45'03"W. 1.iv.2017, H= 1300 m, leg. Victor Sinyaev & Cesar Pinilla (Genital preparation № 79 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♂, Colombia, Boyacá, road Otanche- Puerto Boyaca 5º44'10'' N / 74º13'04'' W, H= 685 m, 10−16.02.16, leg. V. Sinyaev & Machado (Genital preparation № 80 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♂, Brasil, Bahia, env. Camacan (SB), 800 m, 15º25' S / 39º34' W, October 2011, leg. H. Thöny (GenPrHeterocera MWM 28.591 ) ( MWM); 1 ♂, Brasilien, Bahia, Umg. Camacan 15º25' S / 39º34' W, 800 m, Oktober 2012, leg. H. Thöny ( MWM); 1 ♂, Brasilien, Bahia, Mun. Marau, Fanzenda Agua Boa 14°13´S / 39°29´W, 150 m, 15– 22.11.2010, leg. Th. Greifenstein (GenPr-Heterocera MWM 37.003 ) ( MWM); 1 ♀, Brasil, Bahia, env. Camacan , 15º25'S / 39º34'W, September 2011, leg. H. Thöny (GenPr- Heterocera MWM 37.000) ( MWM); 1 ♂, NW Argentina, Jujuy Prov., 10 km SEE Caimancito, 23°44′38,5′′ / S 064°31′08.7′′ W, H− 371 m, 05.11.2019, leg. R.V. Yakovlev ( Genital preparation № 172 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 2 ♂, NW Argentina, Jujuy Prov., 10 km SEE Caimancito, 23°44′38.5′′ S 064°31′08.7′′ W, H− 371m, 05.11.2019, leg. R.V. Yakovlev ( RYB); 1 ♂, NW Argentina, Jujuy Prov., 10 km SEE Caimancito, 23°44′38,6′′ S 064°31′09,2′′ W, H− 405m, 25− 26.10.2019, leg. R.V. Yakovlev ( RYB); 1 ♂, Paraguay, Dep. Amambay, Laguna Ciervo, S 22º20' / W 56º11', 24–26.i.2014, leg. U. Drechsel ( Genital preparation № 84 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♂, Paraguay, Dep. Conception, Garay Cue, S 22º41' / W 57º22', 14–16.ii.2013, leg. U. Drechsel ( Genital preparation № 87 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 2 ♂♂, Paraguay, Dep. Alto Parana, Limoy, S 24º48' / W 54º27', leg. U. Drechsel ( Genital preparation № 88, № 89 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB); 1 ♀, Paraguay, Dep. Amambay, Estancia Kai Rague, S 23º20' / W 56º18', 23–27.xi.2013, leg. U. Drechsel ( Genital preparation № 85 coll. Naydenov A.E.) ( RYB).

Redescription. Male. Length of fore wing 18−20 mm. Fore wing brown with oblique light- brown line from top of discal cell to anal angle, with dark-brown spots of various shapes throughout all wing, round dark-brown spot submarginally (at medial veins), fringe mottled, dark-brown at veins (in thick bundles), light-brown between veins. Hind wing dark-brown with series of dark-brown spots along outer edge of wing, fringe brown unicolorous.

Male genitalia. Genitals of typical shape for the genus – with deeply split massive uncus; valve with slightly curved abdominal edge, practically even costal edge, small bump apically, outer edge semicircular; juxta scaphoid with long tapered apically sharp abdominal process; saccus poor;y elongated, tapered, apically semicircular; phallus short, apically evenly sharpened.

Female. Length of fore wing 25 mm. Wing pattern resembles that of the male, but paler.

Female genitalia. Ovipositor short; papillae anales tapered, densely covered with small spikes; anterior and posterior apophyses very short, thick, posterior apophyses slightly longer than anterior; ostium wide, cup-like, framed with poorly sclerotized plate; ductus of bursae copulatrix short, relatively wide; bursa copulatrix bag-like, without signa.

Diagnosis. The species clearly differs from other species of the genus in a series of characters:

- the oblique light-brown line on the fore wing from the discal cell top to the anal angle;

- the small bump on the costal edge of the valve closer to the apex.

Distribution. Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Bahia), Paraguay, Argentina (Jujuy).

Figures

Figures 1−9. Dolecta, adults: 1. D. akhmatovae sp. nov., male, holotype, Brasilien, Esp. Santo, Santa Leopoldina, Biriricas (MWM); 2. D. amanosa (Schaus, 1911) comb. nov., male, holotype, Tuis, C.R. (USNM); 3. D. aroa (Schaus, 1894) comb. nov., male, holotype, Aroa, Venezuela (USNM); 4. D. aroa (Schaus, 1894) comb. nov., male, Ecuador, Esmeraldes prov., 3.2 km E Mompiche (MWM); 5. D. aroa (Schaus, 1894) comb. nov., male, Brasil, Bahia, env. Camacan (SB) (MWM); 6. D. aroa (Schaus, 1894) comb. nov., male, NW Argentina, Jujuy Prov., 10 km SEE Caimancito (RYB); 7. D. aroa (Schaus, 1894) comb. nov., female, Brasil, Bahia, env. Camacan (MWM); 8. D. bulgakovi sp. nov., male, holotype, Guyane Franc., Saül (MNHN); 9. D. chekhovi sp. nov., male, holotype, Peru, prov. Huánuco, Yuyapichis, ACP Panguana (MWM).