Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus
Author
Brehm, Gunnar
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ZooKeys
2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.537.6090
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.537.6090
1313-2970-537-131
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Taxon
classification Animalia Lepidoptera Geometridae
Hagnagora luteoradiata (Thierry-Mieg, 1892)
stat. rev.
Figs 33-35
Type
locality.
Costa Rica.
Remarks.
Hagnagora luteoradiata
was put in synonymy with
Hagnagora ephestris
by Parsons et al. (1999). However,
luteoradiata
specimens consistently do not show any yellow blotches on the hindwing as observed in
ephestris
and
clustimena
. Barcoded specimens from Costa Rica (Fig. 34) and Ecuador (Fig. 35) are genetically very similar (distance only ca. 1.1%) and, together with the highly similar appearance, are therefore regarded as conspecific. The
ephestris
type specimen from
Bogota
, Colombia, falls within the geographical range of the
luteoradiata
specimens, but shows a different wing pattern, i.e. a prominent yellow blotch on the hindwing and a different shape of the blotch of the forewing. The taxon
luteoradiata
is therefore revived from synonymy.
Distribution.
Costa Rica to Ecuador. Observed elevational range in Ecuador 1800-2890 m and 560-1480 m in Costa Rica.
Diagnosis.
The most prominent difference is the absence of any yellow blotches on the hindwing that are present both in
ephestris
and
discordata
. The transversal yellow band on the forewing is broader than in
discordata
, and has a different shape than in
ephestris
.