Sparganocosma

Sparganocosma docsturnerorum
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Sparganocosma Brown, 2013
Species:	S. docsturnerorum
Binomial name
Sparganocosma docsturnerorum Brown, 2013

Sparganocosma is a genus of moths in the Tortricidae family. It contains only one species, Sparganocosma docsturnerorum, which is found in north-western Costa Rica.

Larva

Pupa

The length of the forewings is 8.8–11 mm for males and 10.5–13 mm for females. The forewings have two large ovoid patches of pale buff in the costal region. These patches are infrequently separated by a narrow brown remnant of a median fascia. The patches usually have small flecks of brown. The remainder of the wing has a broad brown longitudinal band along the dorsum. The hindwings are rather uniformly dark grey brown. They are slightly darker in females.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Asplundia utilis and Asplundia microphylla. They are pale translucent yellow-gold with a nearly uniformly amber head.^[1]

Etymology

The genus name is derived from Latin spargano (meaning to scatter or throw around) and cosm (referring to the universe). The species is named in honour of Drs. John Turner and Nancy Turner, who psychologically and financially supported the Lepidoptera inventory of Área de Conservación in Costa Rica.

References

1. A food plant specialist in Sparganothini: A new genus and species from Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)