Aethesoides hondurasica Razowski, 1986

Passoa, Steven C., Brown, John W., Dombroskie, Jason J., Young, James D. & Berghe, Eric Van Den, 2025, Annotated list of the Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Honduras, Zootaxa 5633 (3), pp. 401-434 : 406

10. Aethesoides hondurasica Razowski, 1986 .

This species was described based on the holotype from Siguatepeque, Dept. of Comayagua, and paratypes from near Peña Blanca, Dept. of Cortés (EME). Adults were collected in June and August in Malaise traps. Razowski (1986) illustrated the genitalia of both sexes and noted that the species is very close to A. chalcospila (Meyrick 1932) and A. distigmatana (Walsingham, 1897) but differs from both in lacking a cornutus in the vesica of the male genitalia (Razowski 1986). The female genitalia of A. hondurasica are most similar to those of A. stellans Razowski & Becker, 1994 . Superficially, the last two species can be distinguished by the monochrome forewing and short sclerotized area of the ductus bursae of A. stellans (Razowski 2012) . During investigations for biological control agents against weedy plants, McClay et al. (1995) reported rearing Aethesoides aff. distigmatana from the roots of parthenium weed ( Parthenium hysterophorus L.; Asteraceae ) in Mexico. In addition, there are specimens in the USNM reared from Stachytarpheta species ( Verbenaceae ) in Mexico. The host(s) of A. hondurasica are unknown.

Specimens examined. Honduras: Dept. Comayagua, Comayagua, 5 Jun 1979 (1♂), 12 Jun 1979 (1♀), 23 Jun 1979 (1♀), 28 Jan 1980 (1♀), S. Passoa ( SCPC) .