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Eugnosta percnoptila

Description

Eugnosta percnoptila (Meyrick, 1933) (Figs 6, 54, 118)

Phtheochroa percnoptila Meyrick, 1933. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (14): 446.

Eugnosta percnoptila: Brown 2005. World Catalogue of Insects 5: 339.

Holotype male. Label data (7): "Type, P. percnoptila "; "Musée du Congo, N. E. Kivu: La Mutura, iii.1928, Ch. Seydel "; " Phtheochroa, percnoptila Meyr., n. sp. typ."; " R. Dét., H, 2238"; "M1497"; " Holotype, Phtheochroa percnoptila, Meyrick (male), Genital prep., 98085 L. Aarvik "; " MRAC / KMMA 00325 "; specimen ID: RMCA ENT 000004927 (Fig. 6).

Male genitalia (Fig. 54). Uncus minute; socius well sclerotized, slender, tapered terminally; vinculum complete; valva distinctly tapered terminally with belt-shaped sclerite extending from base of fold to end of costa; sacculus simple, broad at base; median part of juxta helmet-shaped, with some posterior thorns; aedeagus stout with short ventral termination; coecum penis broad, rounded; cornutus large with basal plate.

Female genitalia (Fig. 118). Sterigma a rectangular plate; ostium membranous, ductus bursae broad, membranous; corpus bursae strongly wrinkled in distal half, with large semicircular sclerite.

Remarks. Described from the male holotype only. The female genitalia are illustrated from a specimen not belonging to the type series with the following labels: “ KENYA: Rift Valley Prov., Turi, 8000 ft., 14.xii.1998, D. Agassiz leg. & coll.”; “Genital prep. LAA 22010”, in the collection of DA.

Notes

Published as part of Razowski, Józef, Aarvik, Leif & Prins, Jurate De, 2010, 2469, pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 2469 on page 7

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
R, MRAC, RMCA
Material sample ID
KMMA 00325, ENT 000004927
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Eugnosta
Species
percnoptila
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Eugnosta percnoptila (Meyrick, 1933) sec. Razowski, Aarvik & Prins, 2010

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1933) Exotic Microlepidoptera, 4 (14), 417 - 448.
  • Brown, J. W. (2005) Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). In: Landry, B. (Ed.), World catalogue of insects. Volume 6. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 741 pp.