Argyrotaenia dichroaca (Walsingham, 1914)

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 : 412

38. Argyrotaenia dichroaca (Walsingham, 1914) ( Fig. 15 ).

The syntypes for this species are from Costa Rica and Guerrero, Mexico, and the species has subsequently been collected more widely in both countries (NHMUK, USNM, VBC). The specimens examined here more or less fit the forewing pattern and genitalia as illustrated by Obraztsov (1961), but there are enough differences in these and other specimens from Guatemala that it isn’t clear if the genitalia are variable or if this is a species complex. These records tentatively add the species to the fauna of Honduras.

Specimens examined: Honduras: Dept. Olancho, La Muralla Centro de visit., 1421 m, 15.0821, -86.7410, 8–10 May 2021 (4 adults), blacklight, E. van den Berghe ( EAP) . Dept. Francisco Morazán, Reserva Biol. Uyuca, 14.0352, - 87.0753, 11–12 Jul 2021 (1 adult), blacklight, E. van den Berghe ( EAP) . Dept. Olancho, La Muralla Centro de visit., 1421 m, 15.0821, -86.7410, 8–10 April 2021 (2 adults), blacklight, E. van den Berghe ( EAP) .

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Tortricidae of Honduras.9, Netechma technema; 10, Seticosta rubicola (USNMENT02007082); 11, Thalleulia bisexta;12,Argyrotaeniaatima(USNMENT02007077);13,Argyrotaeniacitharexylana(USNMENT02007062);14,Argyrotaenia dichotoma; 15, Argyrotaenia dichroaca (USNMENT02007076); 16, Argyrotaenia montezumae (USNMENT02007056).