Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from the Valley of Río Gualaceo, East Cordillera in Ecuador, with descriptions of new taxa

Abstract

Tortricidae collected in R o Gualaceo Valley with special attention to their elevational distribution are listed. Three genera and 34 species are described as new: Henricus cerussatus sp.n., Bonagota moronaecola sp.n., Dogolion textrix sp.n., Netechma brunneochra sp.n., Netechma nigricunea sp.n., Netechma triangulum sp.n., Netechma chytrostium sp.n., Netechma paralojana sp. n., Romanaria gen.n., Romanaria spasmaria sp.n., Inape cinnamobrunnea sp.n., Badiaria gen.n., Badiaria plagiostrigata sp.n.. Gorytvesica cidnozodion sp.n., Gorytvesica chara sp.n., Gorytvesica cerussolinea sp.n., Ernocornutia gualaceoana sp.n., Ernocornutia limona sp.n., Bidorpidia ceramia sp.n., Moronanita gen.n., Moronanita moronana sp.n., Orthocomotis albimarmorea sp.n., Orthocomotis marmorobrunnea sp.n., Argyrotaenia cacaoticaria sp.n., Sisurcana pallidobrunnea sp.n., Anacrusis erioheir sp.n., Archipimima undulicostata sp.n., Sparganothina flava sp.n., Paramorbia aureocastanea sp.n., Auratonota chlamydophora sp.n., Auratonota aurochra sp.n., Epinotia chloana sp.n., Epinotia tenebrica sp.n., Epinotia illepidosa sp.n., Epinotia brunneomarginata sp.n., Laculataria nigroapicata sp.n., Gretchena ochrantennae sp.n. Cnephasia iantha MEYRICK is transferred to Inape, Argyroplae intermissa (MEYRICK) to Epinotia.