Scaphytopius phillipsae Arias-Paco & Godoy, 2025

Scaphytopius phillipsae Arias-Paco & Godoy View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 5A–F View FIGURE 5 , 9I View FIGURE 9 , 10I View FIGURE 10 , 11T View FIGURE 11 , 12T View FIGURE 12 , 13T View FIGURE 13 )

Description. Length of male 4.18 mm. General appearance brown with multiple dark longitudinal spots and round white spots. Crown 1.8 x longer than basal width between eyes, pale brown, with thin black longitudinal line in center extending from base to 2/3 of crown length; faint pale V-shaped spot toward apex ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Face mostly dark brown; gena margins orange-brown; apex of frontoclypeus black; apex of frontoclypeus with pale white transverse band in inverted V-shape, with small triangular spot below it ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ). Forewings light brown, with dark spots in anteapical cells and dark brown elongated spot in discal cell; about 12 widely distributed, round white spots ( Figs. 5A, B View FIGURE 5 ), 10 veinlets; veins dark brown. Legs with black femora, light brown tibiae and tarsi; posterior tibiae with black spots.

Male genitalia. In lateral view, the pygofer is triangular with rounded apex, with multiple macrosetae at apex ( Fig. 9I View FIGURE 9 ). Subgenital plate triangular, wider at base than apex, much longer than wide, with row of 3–5 long macrosetae on external margin; with multiple punctures extending toward apex ( Fig. 10I View FIGURE 10 ). Connective in ventral view U-shaped. Style in ventral view with apophysis very short, robust, and pointed at apex; space between preapical lobe and apophysis C-shaped ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Paraphyses absent. Aedeagus in lateral view strongly curved, giving the appearance of wide U-shape ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); preatrium length similar to shaft; dorsal apodeme shorter than shaft; straight toward apex; shaft tubular, curved dorsally; in ventral view, shaft is compact up to half its length, where it divides into three projections ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ): central projection where the gonoduct and gonopore are located, and two lateral projections in form of spines that project beyond central projection; in apical view two lateral projections are directed opposite to gonopore ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Gonopore in subapical position, located between two lateral spines ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ).

Diagnosis. Aedeagus with shaft that, at half its length, divides into three projections, with central projection containing gonoduct and gonopore, and lateral projections positioned to either side of it ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 .). Lateral projections are longer than central projection and acquire opposite directions toward apex ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ).

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Biology. Unknown.

Etymology. Dedicated to Eugenie Phillips-Rodriguez, colleague and friend of the second author, for her contribution to the study of microlepidopterans of Costa Rica.

Material examined. Holotype. ♂. Costa Rica, Heredia, Estación Biológica La Selva , sector arboleda. 100 m. 10º26′N 84º 01′W. 18.V.1993. col: C. Godoy, MUCR 0001080 ( MIUCR). GoogleMaps