Endemulia urrai Brown, new species

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(Figs. 14, 34, 46)

Diagnosis and remarks. Because Endemulia is described as monotypic, the diagnosis provided above will serve to distinguish this species from all other Euliina .

Description. Head: Scales of vertex and frons dingy white; scales of labial palpus dingy white with ferruginous scales on outer surface, paler on inner surface; scaling of antenna pale tan on dorsum and venter.

Thorax: Dorsum scaling mixed with ferruginous and cream scales. Legs unmodified in male, lacking hairpencil and secondary scaling. Forewing length 7.0‒8.0 mm (n = 4) in males, 8.0‒ 9.5 mm (n = 2) in females; forewing ground colour dingy white with sparse, scattered pale tan scales; faint pale brown patch in basal 0.2 of wing; faint, pale brown, rhomboidal patch from near mid-costa; ill-defined, oblique, subapical fascia extending from costa to hind margin somewhat parallel to termen; slender, short, dark, oblique dash before end of discal cell; fringe pale gray brown with darker brown spots. Underside nearly uniformly pale brown. Hindwing pale cream, variably and faintly mottled with pale brown, usually most dense in outer 0.5 of wing; male with a small pale yellow scent patch near lower margin of discal cell; fringe mostly concolorous with wing, but inner line of scales with occasional brown spots. Underside pale brown, male with pale yellow scent patch.

Abdomen: Male genitalia (Fig. 34) as described for genus. Female genitalia (Fig. 46) as described for genus.

Types. Holotype ♂, Chile, Coquimbo Province, Fray Jorge National Park, ca. 70 km W Ovalle, [-30.66250; -71.68278], 6‒9 Nov 1981, D. Davis ( USNM).

Paratypes (3♂, 3♀). Chile: Aconcagua Province: Cuesta El Melon, ca. 8 km N La Calera, 500 m, 2‒3 Nov 1981 (1♀), D. Davis ( USNM) . Coquimbo Province: Fray Jorge National Park, ca. 70 km W Ovalle, 6‒9 Nov 1981 (2♂, 2♀), D. Davis ( USNM) . Ñuble Province: Alto Tregualemu, ca. 20 km SE Chovellen, 500 m, 1‒3 Dec 1981 (1♂), D. Davis ( USNM) .

Distribution and biology. This species is known from the Chilean provinces of Aconcagua, Coquimbo, and Ñuble, at an elevation of ca. 500 m. The type locality of Fray Jorge National Park is known for supporting the northernmost Valdivian temperate rain forests. Specimens have been collected in November and December. The early stages are unknown.

Etymology. The species name is a patronym for Francisco Urra, entomology curator at the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, honoring his significant contributions to our knowledge of the Lepidoptera of Chile.