Two New Species of Compsolechia Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Associated with Casearia (Flacourtiaceae) in Coastal Dry-Forests of Western Mexico

Authors

David Adamski, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013- 7012, U.S.A.Follow
Karina Boege, Instituto de Ecologıa, Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 70275, Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM 04510, Mexico, D.F.Follow

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 111(2), 2009, pp. 305–321.

Abstract

Two new species of Compsolechia Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), C. camilotus Adamski and C. vittatiella Adamski, are described from dry-forests in western Mexico. Larvae of both species were collected on leaves of Casearia nitida (L.) Jacq. (Flacourtiaceae), a new host record for the genus. Photographs of larvae and their shelters and adult moths are provided. In addition, illustrations of the male and female genitalia of the adults, larval chaetotaxal maps, and scanning electron micrographs for both species are included. The pupa of only C. camilotus was available for description.