Saphenista latipunctana (Walsingham 1879) Brown 2019
- Dataset
- Two new species and two new combinations in Saphenista Walsingham, 1914 from western North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Brown, John W. (2019): Two new species and two new combinations in Saphenista Walsingham, 1914 from western North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Insecta Mundi 738 (738): 1-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3676593
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Tortricidae
- genus
- Saphenista
- species
- Saphenista latipunctana
description
Fig. 4, 5, 9, 13
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Saphenista latipunctana is most similar to S. dilutana and S. powelli among described species. All lack a costal roll in the male hindwing, and all have thickened apophyses in the female genitalia. Although the forewing pattern is somewhat variable in S. latipunctana (Fig. 4, 5), there usually is a well-defined, somewhat oblique dash from near the middle of the hind margin representing the median fascia. Saphenista latipunctana can be distinguished from S. dilutana by the shape of the median process of the transtilla. In S. latipunctana its termination is broader and more T-shaped, compared to the slightly narrower, more U-shaped process of S. dilutana (Fig. 9, 10).
distribution
Distribution and biology. Specimens that appear to be conspecific with the lectotype have been collected in central coastal California (Marin, Mendocino, and Contra Costa counties). The species is double-brooded with flights in May – June and again in October. Jerry Powell (Brown et al. 2010) has reared the species from Ceanothus thrysiflorus Eschsch. (Rhamnaceae) and Eriophyllum stachaedifolium Lag. (Asteraceae).
materials_examined
Types. Lectotype ♂, USA, California, Mendocino Co., mouth of Albion River, 30 – 31 May 1871, Wals- ingham, BMNH slide 7755 (NHMUK). Paralectotype ♂, same data as lectotype (USNM).