A new Andean genus, Lafontaineana, with descriptions of four new species and two new Neotropical species of Panthea (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) Author Martinez, Jose I. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-2729 Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA & Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA joemartinez@ufl.edu Author Schmidt, B. Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4160-7629 Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., K 1 A 0 C 6, Ottawa, ON, Canada Author Miller, Jacqueline Y. Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA text ZooKeys 2021 2021-04-06 1028 113 134 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1028.56784 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1028.56784 1313-2970-1028-113 E8106BAE1F8544AA929751392D7BC7DA 037142553FCE5698BDAB70D6DE93D7BD Lafontaineana thuta Martinez sp. nov. Figures 14 , 15 , 24 , 34 Type material. Holotype : ♂, Ecuador 8 km SE of Loja, Parque Nacional Podocarpus Cajanuma, mont. rainforest, Blacklight 2 x 15W, 2897 m, 26 iii. 2011, 04°06.86'S , 79°10.47'W , coll. Lisa Lehner & Marc Adams / DNA Barcode run 2013, COI-5P marker, University of Guelph / Arcec 32455. deposited in FSU. Paratypes (1 ♂ FSU): Ecuador Zamora-Chinchipe, Cerro Toledo, Elfin forest, Parque Nacional Podocarpus Cajanuma, mont. rainforest, Blacklight 2 x 15W, 2938 m, 6 Feb. 2013, coll. Gunnar Brehm (1 ♂). (1 ♂, 1 ♀ MGCL): Ecuador, Pichincha, Quito/ Chiriboga Km 33, 2650 m, 25 Apr. 1976, coll. N. Venedictoff (1 ♂). Ecuador, Sucumbios, El Playon, 2 km to Minas, 0°37'24"N , 77°39'51"W , 18.-19. II 2013, 3320m, leg. Sinjaev & Romanov / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049166 (1 ♀). Etymology. The name Lafontaineana thuta means moth in the Quechua language. The specific name is a noun in apposition. Diagnosis. Lafontaineana thuta can be differentiated externally from the other species of genus Lafontaineana by the minute yellow dot on the orbicular spot. Internally, L. thuta possesses a prominent diverticulum on vesica similar to L. marmorifera and L. puma , but the line of spines is narrower than L. marmorifera and shorter than L. puma . Description. Head . Black palpus with some scattered yellow scales on last segment; frons yellow with few black scales. Thorax . Sulfur-yellow with a horizontal line on the metathorax with the end near to the abdomen black; polygons small and separated by sulfur-yellow lines; abdominal side gray; dark orange setal tufts. Wing . Forewing length male 19-21 mm; female 25-27 mm; sulfur-yellow with black and dark brown patterns; forewing same yellow as thorax; median field dark brown; orbicular spot with a minute yellow dot; reniform spot bean-like with a large dot close to inner margin; hindwing white with orange veins; fringe sulfur-yellow, paler than the forewing; costal margin with black fringe and some yellow scales; posterior margin with white scales; costal and Sc+R1 cells with large black and white patches; small discal spot and tornal lunate marking. Legs . Black with large sulfur-yellow and white patches. Abdomen . Brown dorsally with a huge black line of tufts from A2 extending and expanding through the subsequent tergites making the orange lines narrower; white scales at the ends of the tufts; yellowish white with brown scales on the intersternal membrane ventrally. Male genitalia . Tegumen short; wide cucullus with a square-shaped apex, clothed by setae; costal margin lightly expanded; sacculus wide and process with a small projection on posterior margin; juxta broadly spoon-shaped with slightly concavity on upper area; aedeagus with huge diverticulum; wide line of spines, long spines. Female genitalia . Anal papilla short and squared; sterigma semi-sclerotized, large and widely opened; posterior apophysis 3 x longer than anal papilla; appendix bursae ⅙ x longer than the corpus bursae. Genetic characterization. DNA barcoding of Lafontaineana thuta showed it to be closer to L. imama (see L. imama genetic characterization). Distribution. This species has been found only in high elevations of deciduous forests of Ecuador (Fig. 35 ). Remarks. Both holotype and paratype are in perfect condition (Figs 14 , 15 ). As in L. alexandrae , the voucher number (Arcec 32455) is different from that published at http://barcodinglife.com confusion (Arcec 30239). Panthea Huebner , 1820 Panthea is a small genus comprising 14 species worldwide, distributed mainly in the Nearctic and Palearctic regions ( Anweiler 2009 ; Behounek et al. 2013 ; Schmidt and Anweiler 2020 ). Only three species are known in the Neotropical region ( Panthea furcilla (Packard, 1864), P. reducta Anweiler, 2009, and P. guatemala Anweiler, 2009) and we describe two additional species from the Neotropics: Panthea hondurensis sp. nov. and Panthea taina sp. nov. The genus Panthea is characterized externally by bipectinate antennae, small eyes with dense interfacetal setae, a short haustellum, and the forewings presenting five well-defined transverse lines and poorly developed reniform and orbicular spots (sometimes absent). Internally, male genitalia presenting heavily sclerotized valves, well-developed uncus compressed at the tip, and the vesica without diverticula and armed with wide cornuti. Female genitalia with well-developed sterigma and simple corpus bursae lacking appendix bursae.