Cicadomorphus lilianae, Martinez, 2020

Martinez, Jose I., 2020, Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 985, pp. 71-126 : 71

Cicadomorphus lilianae sp. nov. Figs 16 , 22 , 60 , 82 , 92,

Type material.

Holotype: ♂, Ecuador: Ecuador, Napo, Cosanga, 2150 m, 29 Mar. 1976, coll. N. Venedictoff Holotype ♂. Deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (8 ♂, 3 ♀, MGCL): Ecuador: Ecuador, Napo + 10km Papallacta, 2730 m, 13-15 Sep. 1982, coll. N. Venedictoff (7 ♂); Ecuador: Napo, El Carmelo Barbar’ 10 km, 2750 m, 19 Jan. 1985, coll. N. Venedictoff (1 ♀). (1 ♂, CNC): Ecuador: Ecuador, Napo province, 23 km road La Bonita, 2400 m, 7-9 Apr. 1986, coll. Stuart McKamey. (1 ♀, FSU): Ecuador: Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe Parque Nacional Podocarpus ridge forest, Bombuscaro area, Blacklight 2 × 15W (40), 04°06.84'S, 78°57.97'W, 23.iii. 2011, 19.30-20.30 h, ca. 1120 m, Gunnar Brehm leg. / DNA Barcode run 2011, COI-5P marker, University of Guelph / Arcec 32423 / [Arcec 32284] (1 ♀). Additional examined specimens (2 ♂ UNAB): Colombia: Colombia, Cundinamarca, Guasca, Choachi, Vda. El Curi, F. panes de Roka 1996 m, 02 Jun. 2013, coll. V. Raigozo (2 ♂).

Etymology.

This species is named in honor of my sister Lilian Martinez Canto (1989-2017) for her love, charisma, and support offered during all her beautiful life.

Diagnosis.

Cicadomorphus lilianae is small and the wing pattern is blurred, causing the lines to appear shapeless. The males have darker coloration than the females, and the line pattern is better defined. This species shares some features in genitalia with C. chuya , such as the tapered vesica.

Description.

Head. Palp black, terminal segment admixed with brown and white scales; frons dark yellow basally with some black scales; female ground color pale yellow with gray scales; antenna brownish orange. Thorax. Ground color dark yellow with some black tufts; female same color but with gray tufts; collar with black ground color with margins yellow, female with ground color gray. Wings. Both sexes dark yellow, similar in pattern, nevertheless female is paler, and wing pattern is basally almost imperceptible; forewing length: male 25-27 mm; female 31-33 mm; forewing yellow with pattern in black, but blurrier, male darker; both sexes with semi-hyaline areas with some scattered dark yellow scales; both sexes with blurry lines; orbicular spot elongate, ca. same size in both sexes; reniform spot heavily outlined with black scales; hindwing hyaline with fringe yellow, but gray on posterior margin. Legs. Yellow, except prothoracic legs, which are brown with some black scales. Abdomen. Gray with yellow tufts in middle of abdomen and on each side; brown tufts on A3-A7; female abdomen yellow with some brown scales. Male genitalia. Cucullus wide with apex wide; costal margin without setae; outer margin sharply bent; tooth-like protuberance small; lobe with external apex large; posterior margin of lobe curved; sacculus wide with narrow process touching tooth-like protuberance; saccus thin; tegumen narrow, lightly sclerotized, barely visible around uncus; juxta wide, upper side flat; aedeagus relatively wide, V-shaped in opening; tapered vesica; band of spines with a rounded ending. Female genitalia. Anal papilla small; relatively wide posterior apophysis 1 ⅓ × longer than anal papilla; sterigma open trapezoid shaped; anterior apophysis short; ductus bursae small, well-sclerotized; appendix bursae broad, sclerotized; corpus bursae ⅓ × longer than appendix bursae.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

This species has been found in Ecuador and Colombia at very variable elevations from 1100-2700 m (Fig. 92 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

The tip of the left antenna from the type specimen was broken during examination (Fig. 16 ). The paratype female is intact; however, the left orbicular spot is incomplete (Fig. 22 ). Otherwise, the female forewing is more brightly colored than that of the male basally where the antemedial and basal lines are almost inconspicuous. The female paratype from FSU has a different DNA voucher label from the voucher published at http://barcodinglife.com.

Figures

Figure 92. Distribution of examined specimens of the genera Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus.

Figures 12 - 25. Adult habitus of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 12 Cicadoforma vau-nigrum, ♂, CNC, Tovar, Venezuela 13 C. ocelotus, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 14 C. ocelotus, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Boyaca, Colombia 15 C. ocelotus, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Quindio, Colombia 16 Cicadomorphus lilianae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 17 C. chuya, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 18 C. falkasiska, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 19 C. chicharra, ♂, holotype, MGCL, San Rosa, Bolivia 20 C. vau-nigrum, ♀, CNC, El Junquito, Venezuela 21 C. ocelotus, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 22 C. lilianae, ♀, paratype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 23 C. chuya, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Cochabamba, Bolivia 24 C. falkasiska, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 25 C. falkasiska, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru.

Figures 59 - 63. Male genitalia of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 59 Cicadoforma ocelotus, holotype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 60 Cicadomorphus chuya, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 61 C. falkasiska, holotype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 62 C. lilianae, holotype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 63 C. chicharra, holotype, MGCL, San Rosa, Bolivia.

Figures 80 - 84. Female genitalia of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 80 Cicadoforma ocelotus, paratype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 81 C. vau-nigrum, CNC, El Junquito, Venezuela 82 Cicadomorphus lilianae, paratype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 83 C. falkasiska, paratype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 84 C. chuya, paratype, MGCL, Cochabamba, Bolivia.