Coptotriche pulverea
- 1. Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania.
- 2. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX 1 3 PS, United Kingdom.
Description
Coptotriche pulverea (Walsingham, 1897)
Figs 30–31, 132–134
Tischeria pulverea Walsingham, 1897: 145.
Coptotriche pulverea – Stonis et al. 2008: 165–166, figs 1, 2a–b, 3a–e.
Diagnosis
External characters are not sufficient for the identification of this species. In the male genitalia, Coptotriche pulverea resembles C. forsteroniae Stonis & Diškus, 2008; however, Coptotriche pulverea is distinguishable from the latter and all other Coptotriche by the extremely short, rod-like vinculum and the gradually narrowed, tulip-shaped apex of the phallus (in C. forsteroniae the apex of the phallus is rhomboid). The host plant, Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell (Combretaceae R.Br.) makes C. pulverea unique among all other Tischeriidae (the morphologically similar C. forsteroniae feeds on Forsteronia myriantha Donn.Sm., Apocynaceae Juss.).
Material examined
BELIZE • 1 ♂; Cayo District, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Las Cuevas; 16°43′53″ N, 88°59′11″ W; alt. 550 m; 3–16 Apr. 1998; R. Puplesis and S.R. Hill leg.; at light; genitalia slide no. 010316204♂; NHMUK 010289321 • 1 ♂; Cayo District, San Ignacio, secondary forest; 17°09′15″ N, 89°04′04″ W; alt. 85 m; 17–18 Apr. 1998; R. Puplesis and S.R. Hill leg.; at light; NHMUK 010289323 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; NHMUK 010289324 • 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 13 Mar. 1998; O.T. Lewis leg.; mining larvae on Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell (Combretaceae); field card no. 6.040-13/3; genitalia slide nos 010316203♂; NHMUK 010289322.
Description
This species was redescribed and illustrated by Stonis et al. (2008: 165, 166, figs 1, 2a–b, 3a–e). Here, on the basis of the material from Belize, we provide the first photographic documentation of the male genitalia of the species (Figs 132–134).
Biology
Host plant: Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell (Combretaceae). Larvae mine leaves in March. The leaf mine starts as a corridor, broadening into a blotch as the larva develops. The leaf mine sample was not preserved by the collector with the reared specimen and is therefore not documented in detail.
Flight period
Based on specimens collected at light, adults occur in April. Based on reared specimens in Belize and the Caribbean (lectotype), adults also occur in March.
Distribution
This species was described from the Caribbean (Virgin Is., USA) (Walsinhgam 1897) and was recently recorded from Belize (Stonis et al. 2008).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NHMUK , R , T
- Event date
- 1998-03-13 , 1998-04-03 , 1998-04-17
- Family
- Tischeriidae
- Genus
- Coptotriche
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- NHMUK 010289321 , NHMUK 010289322 , NHMUK 010289323 , NHMUK 010289324
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Walsingham
- Species
- pulverea
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1998-04-03/16 , 1998-04-17/18
- Taxonomic concept label
- Coptotriche pulverea (Walsingham, 1897) sec. Stonis, Diškus, Remeikis & Lewis, 2020
References
- Walsingham Lord. 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1: 54 - 183.
- Stonis J. R. & Diskus A. 2008. Checklist of American Coptotriche (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) with descriptions of two new species from the tropical forest of Belize (Central America). Zoological Science 25 (1): 99 - 106.