The Puzzling Distribution of Platphalonidia aenigmana, New Species, from the Western U. S. A. and Colombia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylina)

Authors

John W. Brown, United States National Museum of Natural HistoryFollow

ORCID IDs

0000-0001-5610-9855

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

11-29-2024

Citation

Insecta Mundi (November 29, 2024) 1084

Review editor: David Plotkin

Published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida, United States

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3352ECF6-AAAB-4E44-B1B7-F09BD6F60E57

Comments

Copyright 2024, John W. Brown. Open access

License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Abstract

Platphalonidia aenigmana Brown, new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is described and illustrated from Arizona, California, and Oregon, U. S. A. and Colombia, South America. The new species has been reared on numerous occasions from Garrya elliptica Dougl. ex Lindl. (Garryaceae) in northern California and Oregon, once on Arctostaphylos sp. (Ericaceae) in southern California, and once on Gomphrena globosa L. (Amaranthaceae) in Colombia. Various hypotheses are explored to explain the unusual disjunct geographic distribution of the species. In addition, Phalonidia bassii Razowski (Tortricidae) is transferred to Saphenista Walsingham, resulting in Saphenista bassii (Razowski, 1999), new combination.