Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species
Author
Martinez, Jose I.
Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA, & Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 326011, USA
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-2729
joemartinez@ufl.edu
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ZooKeys
2020
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71
126
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.985.51622
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.985.51622
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Gaujoptera
gen. nov.
Gender.
Feminine.
Type species.
Gaujoptera amsa
sp. nov.
Etymology.
Gaujoptera
is derived from the similarities with the genera
Gaujonia
and
Lichnoptera
.
Included species.
Gaujoptera
is monotypic, the only species is
Gaujoptera amsa
sp. nov., which was misidentified as a
Gaujonia
species; however, morphological and molecular analyses resulted in recognizing a new genus that is positioned close to the genus
Millerana
(Fig.
1
).
Diagnosis.
Gaujoptera
is only known from two well-preserved male specimens and it has a close relationship with
Millerana
, not only genetically, but also by distinct morphological characters. Nevertheless, the wing pattern is more defined in
Millerana
than in
Gaujoptera
, which has a blurry pattern that is difficult to discern. In addition, the thorax is marbled with black, gray, brown, and sulfur-yellow scales, differing from species of
Gaujonia
, which have the black spots and patches well defined on the thorax.
Gaujoptera
does not have a V-shaped mark at the base of CuA2. The most important feature to differentiate
Gaujoptera
from
Gaujonia
is the presence of small clasper on the valva, similar to that of
Lichnoptera
.
Description.
Forewing and hindwing dark sulfur-yellow with an inconspicuous pattern, only reniform spot visible. Hindwing hyaline with scales only on margins. Antenna filiform, with a short brownish orange haustellum; eye hairy with short interfacial setae. Male genitalia simple in male with small triangular clasper; small, curved uncus; aedeagus shorter than vesica; vesica with small spines in middle. Female unknown.
Immature stages.
Unknown.
Biology.
Unknown.