Revision of the genus Ennada Blanchard (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Author
Parra, Luis E.
Author
Alvear, Carla A.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2062
46
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186862
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1175-5326
186862
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Ennada
Blanchard, 1852
Figs. 1–18
Ennada
Blanchard 1852
: 87
;
Scoble 1999
: 269
.
Phyllia
Blanchard 1852
: 89
;
Angulo & Casanueva 1981
: 23
;
Scoble 1999
: 752
.
syn. n.
Anchiphyllia
Butler 1893
: 462
;
Scoble 1999
: 41
.
syn. n.
Anchiphyllia
Warren 1895
: 102
(junior homonym of
Anchiphyllia
Butler 1893
)
Type
species
.
Ennada flavaria
Blanchard 1852
: 87
. By monotypy.
Diagnosis
. The three species of the genus present large triangular forewings where the basal two-thirds is darker than the distal third. This maculation pattern contrasts with the typical transverse bands observed in other taxa of
Larentiinae
. The presence of M2 on both wings, the double areole on the forewing and the long fusion of Sc+R1 and Rs supports its assignment to the
Larentiinae
. A coniform signum in the female and an androconium in the basal third of the costa of the valvae in the male genitalia constitute the diagnostic characters of the genus.
Redescription
. Head, with filiform antennae in females and pectinate or filiform antennae in males; vertex brown; labial palpi, apically brown whitish basally; brown thorax. Broad and triangular wings, brown to light brown. Male genitalia (
Figs. 9, 11
,
12, 14
,
15 and 17
) with wide quadrangular to sub-triangular valvae, with androconia in the basal third of the costa; elongated, thin uncus; gnathos absent; tubular, simple aedeagus, vesica armed with a set of spines. Female genitalia (
Figs. 10
,
13
and
16
) with globose, membranous corpus bursae; signum conical, sclerotized.
Distribution
.
Ennada
is distributed between 29º and 44º S, between the provinces of Coquimbo and Chiloé,
Chile
(
Fig. 18
).
Remarks
.
Scoble (1999)
includes this genus among the
Ennominae
.
Pitkin (2002)
transferred it into the
Larentiinae
.