Atracodes insularis ( Melichar, 1902 ), 2025

Atracodes insularis ( Melichar, 1902) comb. nov.

= Flatoides insularis Melichar 1902: 209 ; combination restored by Medler 1994: 222.

= Pseudoflatoides tortrix insularis ( Melichar, 1902) View in CoL ; comb. by Metcalf & Bruner, 1948: 41.

= Pseudoflatoides insularis ( Melichar, 1902) View in CoL ; revised status by Bartlett et al. 2014: 167.

Type locality. Cuba.

Synoptic diagnosis. Atracodes insularis comb. nov. may be distinguished from congeners by: dirty yellow in color, forewings creamy white with yellow veins, mesonotum with two dark lateral lines near apical margin ( Melichar 1902, plate 9. Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ); three nearly lateral dark lines in coastal cells, dark line extending from costal margin near posterior of wing to ⅓ the length broken continuing to CuP, ScP darkened, two dark curved lines present, 1 near the base of the wing, 1 ¼ the length of the wing, dark curved line present about half the length of wing between ScP and CuP; vertex nearly as long as broad, frons nearly three times as long as broad; hind tibia with 2 lateral teeth, apical spinulation 2-6-8 ( Medler 1994).

Remarks. This species is excluded from the key because the holotype is female ( Melichar 1902, Medler 1994) without definitively associated males. Medler (1994) restored this taxon to species status (after being treated as a subspecies) because comparative features of the ‘tortrix complex of species’ ( Medler 1994: 222) were not properly elucidated by Metcalf and Bruner (1948). A comparative study is needed, but is beyond the scope of the current project.

Plant associations. None.

Distribution. Cuba.

Material examined. Cuba / Wright // PRUhler / Collection // Pseudoflatoides / insularis /? Mel. // USNMENT 01145546 ( USNM, female) .