Koleps Adamski

Adamski, David, 2013, Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3618 (1), pp. 1-223 : 7

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6147375

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scientific name

Koleps Adamski
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Koleps Adamski View in CoL , new genus

Type species.— Koleps angulatus Adamski , by present designation. Koleps is known only from Costa Rica.

Description and Diagnosis.— Koleps possesses a unique combination of male features unlike those possessed by other Blastobasinae . They include: valva with basal 1/2 narrow and parallelsided, apical 1/2 widening, with dorsal and ventral processes forming an irregular and angular apical part; costa acutely angled basally about 45°; middle part of costa with a row of setae along ventral margin; ventral margin with straight setae, longer than width of middle part; a slightly recurved digitate process juxtaposed ventrolaterally by a pair of upturned, slightly divergent, spinelike processes; ventrolateral margin with a spinelike process extending beyond a widened lobe bearing a densely packed cluster of straight and elongate, apicomarginal setae; and juxta absent. This combination of features differentiates Koleps from all other Blastobasinae .

Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Greek koleps , a masculine noun meaning bent knee, and refers to the acutely angled base of the costa of the male genitalia.