Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 51B(1-2) 2008

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VOL 51B(1-2) 2008

DOI:

10.3409/azc.51b_1-2.83-144

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Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Episimus, Neotropical, new species

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New species, new combinations, and new synonymies in Neotropical Episimus WALSINGHAM, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae).

• RAZOWSKI J.
• BROWN J. W.

Abstract:

Neotropical members of Episimus are reviewed, with 34 species described as new: E. aurobasis (Costa Rica), E. lavirgenanus (Costa Rica), E. runawayicus (Jamaica), E. rondoniae (Brazil), E. macropterus (Costa Rica), E. zunigae (Costa Rica), E. queposanus (Costa Rica), E. rufatus (Jamaica), E. varablancanus (Costa Rica), E. neblinanus (Venezuela), E. pitillae (Costa Rica), E. albidorsanus (Brazil), E. griseatus (Paraguay), E. limoyanus (Paraguay), E. albifrons (Costa Rica), E. mignonatus (Jamaica), E. armiferus (Costa Rica), E. paraisanus (Costa Rica), E. quintananus (Mexico), E. vixenus (Costa Rica), E. chica (British West Indies), E. jamaicanus (Jamaica), E. antiguanus (Antigua), E. curacaonus (Curacao), E. perencausticus (Costa Rica), E. dominicanus (Dominica), E. coleus (Virgin Islands), E. camacanus (Brazil), E. minas (Brazil), E. beckeri (Brazil), E. moderabilis (Costa Rica), E. sanjoseanus (Costa Rica), E. rufotegulus (Costa Rica), and E. exiguus (Costa Rica). Informal species groups are proposed for the genus, but these are for convenience only; most are unlikely to represent monophyletic lineages. Proposed new combinations include E. selectanus (WALKER), comb. n.; E. semicirculanus (WALKER), comb. n.; E. brunneomarginatus (RAZOWSKI & WOJTUSIAK), comb. n.; and E. intermissus (MEYRICK), comb. n.. Proposed new synonymies include Carpocapsa metaspilana WALKER and Grapholita condensatana ZELLER with E. semicriculanus; and Episimus utilis ZIMMERMAN with E. unguiculus CLARKE. These taxonomic and nomenclatural changes bring to 65 the number of species of Episimus recorded from the New World.