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The Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Panama View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (2016) 205e207 HOSTED BY Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/japb Original article The Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Panama Sangmi Lee*, Catherine Mercado The Hasbrouck Insect Collection, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA article info abstract Article history: Panama has among the most diverse Lepidoptera fauna of many regions or habitats, and the micromoth Received 3 February 2016 family Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) is one of the largest families of microlepidoptera in the world. However, Received in revised form only 6% of neotropical gelechiid species have been reported in Panama, with 49 species from 28 genera. 21 February 2016 Here, 49 species of Gelechiidae in Panama are cataloged alphabetically. Accepted 22 February 2016 Copyright Ó 2016, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Available online 2 March 2016 Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Keywords: catalog Central America Lepidoptera species Introduction Panamanian Gelechiidae. Recently, Aiello and Becker (2003) mentioned the existence of one additional species in Panama, Panama, a tropical country, is located in both Central America Commatica falcatella (Walker). In 1900, Busck reported Anacampsis and the Caribbean, and shares borders with the Caribbean, the lagunculariella in Panama; however, this species was not listed in Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica, and Colombia. It is the utmost place to the checklist (Becker 1984). So far, only about 6% of neotropical many South American and North American species, and also has species of Gelechiidae have been reported. Their diversity in Pan- the highest diversity of flora and fauna among all the countries in ama, based on specimens collected (between 2013 and 2015) by the Central America. Forests, interrupted in places by grasslands, scrub, first author (Figures 1 and 2), far exceeds this number. and crops, dominate Panama’s vegetation. The tropical climate of Panama is divided into two seasons, a prolonged rainy season (May Materials and methods to January) and a short dry season (January to May), and supports an abundance of insects. The micromoth family Gelechiidae (Lepi- Materials for this study were examined from the U.S. National doptera), comprising approximately 4700 described species in Museum of Natural History (USNM), and the Arizona State Uni- approximately 500 genera (Nieukerken et al 2011), holds the most versity Hasbrouck Insect Collection (ASUHIC) collected from Pan- diverse Lepidoptera fauna in many regions and habitats and is ama during 2013e2015. Literature, such as catalogues, books, and distributed worldwide. More than 4600 species of this family are papers, was critically reviewed to establish the identity of species, reported worldwide (Hodges 1998): 886 species in 92 genera in the particularly those with obscure species names (Aiello and Becker nearctic region (Lee et al 2009) and 724 species in 165 genera in the 2003; Becker 1984; Busck 1914; Walsingham 1911). Web re- neotropical region (Becker 1984); of these, only 49 species in 28 sources devoted to Lepidoptera were used to confirm or check the genera are known in Panama. Most Panamanian gelechiids were status of species name or valid combinations of binomials. actually reported by Busck and Walsingham during the early 1900s. Busck (1914) reported 32 new species with seven new genera, and Results Walsingham (1911) reported 11 new species with six new genera. Since then, there have not been any designated active studies on List of Gelechiidae species in Panama Anacampsis lagunculariella Busck, 1900: 230 Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera and Corozal) * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ1 480 727 5977; fax: þ1 480 965 2036. E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Lee). Anacampsis phytomiella Busck, 1914:8 Peer review under responsibility of National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Distribution. Panama (Alhajuela, La Cabima, and Porto Bello) Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Anthistarcha geniatella Busck, 1914: 13 (Gelechia) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2016.02.003 pISSN2287-884X eISSN2287-9544/Copyright Ó 2016, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). 206 S Lee, C Mercado / Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (2016) 205e207 Figure 1. Photo showing some specimens collected in 2013. Distribution. Panama (Alhajuela, Corozal, Paraíso, Porto Compsolechia peculella Busck, 1914:7(Anacampsis) Bello, and Trinidad River) Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera, Paraíso, Porto Bello, Aristotelia sarcodes Walsingham, 1910: 26 Trinidad River) Distribution. Panama (Tabernilla) Compsolechia terrenella Busck, 1914:10(Anacampsis) Arogalea soronella Busck, 1914:17 Distribution. Panama (Porto Bello) Distribution. Panama (Cabima and La Chorrera) Compsosaris flavidella Busck, 1914:12(Recurvaria) Battaristis bistrigella Busck, 1914:9(Anacampsis) Distribution. Panama (Isthmian Canal Zone, and Paraíso) Distribution. Panama (Alhajuela, Cabima) Cymotricha melissia Walsingham, 1911:97(Dichomeris) Battaristis curtella Busck, 1914:10(Anacampsis) Distribution. Panama (Tabernilla) Distribution. Panama (Trinidad River) Dichomeris cinnamicostella Zeller, 1877: 332 (Epicorthylis) Battaristis emissurella Walker, 1864: 620 (Gelechia) Distribution. Panama (Chiriquí) Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera, Porto Bello, and Trinidad Dichomeris costalis Busck, 1914:18 River) Distribution. Panama (Porto Bello and Taboguilla Island) Battaristis unistrigella Busck, 1914:9(Anacampsis) Dichomeris evitata Walsingham, 1911:99 Distribution. Panama (Taboga Island) Distribution. Panama (Volcán de Chiriqui) Beltheca picolella Busck, 1914:5 Dichomeris excavata Busck, 1914:18 Distribution. Panama (Cabima) Distribution. Panama (Porto Bello) Besciva longitudinella Busck, 1914:6 Dichomeris habrochitona Walsingham, 1911:102 Distribution. Panama (Trinidad River) Distribution. Panama (Tabernilla) Charistica walkeri Walsingham, 1911:80(Strobisia) Dichomeris mistipalpis Walsingham, 1911:102 Distribution. Panama (N/A) Distribution. Panama (Tabernilla) Commatica falcatella Walker, 1864: 625 (Gelechia) Dichomeris nessica Walsingham, 1911:95 Distribution. Panama (N/A) Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera) S Lee, C Mercado / Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (2016) 205e207 207 Distribution. Panama (Chiriqui) Helcystogramma stellatella Busck, 1914:20(Dichomeris) Distribution. Panama (Taboga Island) Hypatima hora Busck, 1914:14(Psoricoptera) Distribution. Panama (Alhajuela) Iphimachaera picticollis Walsingham, 1912: 127 (Mnesichara) Distribution. Panama (Volcán de Chiriqui) Parastega chionostigma Walsingham, 1911: 57 (Psoricoptera) Distribution. Panama (Canal Zone) Parastega niveisignella Zeller, 1877: 333 (Psoricoptera) Distribution. Panama (Chiriqui) Parastega trichella Busck, 1914:16 Distribution. Panama (Porto Bello and Trinidad River) Pavolechia argentea Busck, 1914:21 Distribution. Panama (Trinidad River) Phthorimaea impudica Walsingham, 1911:51 Distribution. Panama (Canal Zone and Tabernilla) Plocamosaris auritogata Walsingham, 1911:85(Noeza) Distribution. Panama (Chiriqui) Recurvaria putella Busck, 1914:11 Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera, Isthmian Canal Zone, and Paraíso) Tabernillaia ephialtes Walsingham, 1911:54 Distribution. Panama (Tabernilla) Telphusa medulella Busck, 1914:15 Distribution. Panama (Porto Bello and Trinidad River) Telphusa obligata Busck, 1914:15 Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera) Zelosyne poecilosoma Walsingham, 1911:51 Distribution. Panama (Tabernilla) Acknowledgments Figure 2. Photo showing numerous insects acting at night in the STRI Fortuna Station in May 2013. We thank John Brown (United States National Museum of Nat- ural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA) who made specimens available for this study. We thank Nico Franz Dichomeris terracocta Walsingham, 1911:87(Anorthosia) (Hasbrouck Insect Collection, Arizona State University, Arizona, Distribution. Panama (Volcán de Chiriqui) USA) for his support in various ways. Our thanks are also due to two Dichomeris tristicta Busck, 1914:17 anonymous reviewers for reading and offering valuable sugges- Distribution. Panama (Trinidad River) tions and comments. Eunomarcha violacea Busck, 1914:4(Atoponeura) Distribution. Panama (Trinidad River) Fortinea auriciliella Busck, 1914:3 References Distribution. Panama (Porto Bello) Galtica venosa Busck, 1914:6 Aiello A, Becker VO. 2003. Display of the “Peacock Moth”: Brenthia spp. (Chor- eutidae: Brenthiinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 58:55e58. Distribution. Panama (Porto Bello) Becker VO. 1984. 29. Gelechiidae. In: Heppner JB, editor. Atlas of neotropical Lepi- Gelechia dolbyi Walsingham, 1911:98(Dichomeris) doptera. Checklist: Part 1. The Hague. Netherlands: Dr W. Junk Publishers. Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera) pp. 44e53. Gelechia traducella Busck, 1914:12 Busck A. 1914. New genera and species of Microlepidoptera from Panama. Pro- ceedings of the United States National Museum 47:3e22. Distribution. Panama (La Chorrera) Hodges RW. 1998. Gelechioidea. In: Kristensen
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