Originally described in
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 82:284.
Diagnosis
Midlobe of mesoscutum with posterior ½ triangular; scutellum predominantly reticulate with anterior part wide; hind tibial spur long, LS/LT = 0.44.< /FONT >
Distribution
Costa Rica.
Biology
From Phyllonorycter sp. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Lonchocarpus rugosus (Fabaceae).
Similar species in Lucid key
dulcis, but panatus with antennal scrobes joining on frontal suture, propodeum with median carina wider, LC/WC = 2.0, gaster longer, MM/LG = 0.9 < /FONT > .
Depository of primary type
Natural History Museum (BMNH), in London.