Achagua obsoleta Rindge, 1983

Matson, Tanner A., 2023, The known species of the genus Achagua Rindge, 1983, with the description of three new species from the Neotropics (Geometridae: Ennominae), Zootaxa 5352 (4), pp. 565-576 : 567

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Achagua obsoleta Rindge, 1983 View in CoL

( Figs. 1 View FIGURES 1–4 , 5 View FIGURES 5–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–10 , 11 View FIGURE 11 )

Distribution ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 ). Achagua obsoleta is known from the Magdalena Valley montane forests of Colombia.

Biology. Life history information is wanting. Adults are known to fly in August.

Material Examined. COLOMBIA • ♁; holotype; Cundinamarca, 3 km. north of Alban, Finca San Pablo ; elev. 1800 m; 1–12 Aug. 1967; P. & B. Wygodzinsky leg.; Genitalia: FHR 19129; AMNH _ IZC 00353008 About AMNH , AMNH _ IZC 00353009 About AMNH ; AMNH • 3♁; paratypes; same data as holotype; Genitalia: TAM-2023-270; AMNH • ♀; Ob. Rio Negro, Ost Colombia ; elev. 800 m; Fassl. leg.; Geometridae genitalia slide No. 20288 ♀; BMNH (E) # 275238 Digitally scanned; Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934-120; NHMUK010293435 About NHMUK ; NHMUK .

Remarks. Only male genitalia were described and illustrated in the original description of A. obsoleta , howev- er, genitalia of both sexes were described and illustrated in Pitkin (2002). Genitalia of both sexes are also illustrated in this work ( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 5–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–10 ).

While not readily seen in Figure 5 View FIGURES 5–8 , A. obsoleta , like A. magna , also has a distinct postmedial digitate protuberance along the costal margin of the valve.

References

Pitkin, L. (2002) Neotropical Ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135 (2 - 3), 121 - 401. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1096 - 3642.2002.01200. x

Rindge, F. H. (1983) A generic revision of the New World Nacophorini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 175, 147 - 262.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Geographic distribution of Achagua: A. obsoleta Rindge (star), A. magna n. sp. (triangle), A. cooperae n. sp. (circle), and A. velata n. sp. (square). Single dots may represent>1 individual. Scale bar = 600 km.

FIGURES 1–4. Achagua adult habitus. (a) dorsal view, (b) ventral view. (1) A. obsoleta Rindge, AMNH_IZC 00353009, paratype, (Colombia: Cundinamarca), AMNH; (2) A. magna n. sp., AMNH_IZC 00353021, holotype, (Peru: Cusco), AMNH; (3) A. cooperae n. sp., USNMENT01771270, holotype, (Costa Rica: Alajuela), USNM; (4) A. velata n. sp., holotype, (French Guiana: Régina), MNHN. Scale bar = 2 cm.

FIGURES 5–8. Achagua male genitalia. (a) genital capsule, (b) phallus. (5) A. obsoleta Rindge, TAM-2023-270, AMNH_IZC 00353009, paratype, AMNH; (6) A. magna n. sp., TAM-2023-268, AMNH_IZC 00353023, paratype. AMNH; (7) A. cooperae n. sp., TAM-2023-251,AMNH_IZC 00353028, paratype, AMNH; (8) A. velata n. sp., TAM-2023-289, holotype, MNHN. Scale bar = 2 mm.

FIGURES 9–10. Achagua female genitalia. (9) A. obsoleta Rindge, No. 20288, NHMUK010293435, NHMUK; photo credit: Louise Berridge (NHMUK); (10) A. cooperae n. sp., TAM-2023-276, USNMENT01771269, paratype, USNM. Scale bar = 2 mm.