Hagnagora marionae Brehm & Sullivan, 2005

Brehm, Gunnar, 2015, Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus, ZooKeys 537, pp. 131-156 : 137-138

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Geometridae

Hagnagora marionae Brehm & Sullivan, 2005 Fig. 11

Type locality.

Costa Rica, Heredia province, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Volcán Barva, 2730 m a.s.l.

Remarks.

Hagnagora marionae was described and illustrated by Brehm and Sullivan (2005).

Distribution.

The species has been collected only at two high mountain areas in Costa Rica at elevations> 2500 m a.s.l.

Diagnosis.

The species resembles the other species of the Hagnagora anicata clade, but is easily distinguished by large orange-yellow blotches on the forewing. Males have a spatula-shaped uncus. COI barcode: The minimum observed distance to the presumably most closely related species ( Hagnagora richardi ) is 6.6%.