Ptiloneura baiana (Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael, 2018)

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Loneuroides baianus Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael, 2018a: 2, figs 1-8 (original description).

Ptiloneura baianus – García Aldrete et al. 2020: 2 (phylogeny and taxonomy). — González Obando et al. 2020: 2 (taxonomy).

Ptiloneura baiana – Silva-Neto & García Aldrete 2020: 4 (checklist and nomenclatural amendment). — Silva-Neto et al. 2021: 45, figs 1-11 (taxonomy).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Brazil • 1 ♂; Bahia, Camacan, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra Bonita; 15°25’06”S, 39°28’58”W; light trap; 15.II.2013; Calor & Gomes leg.; MNRJ • 1 ♀; same data as for the male; MNRJ.

GEOGRAPHICAL RECORDS. — Known only from the type locality, Brazil, Bahia state, Camacan city, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra Bonita, on Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil.

VARIATION. — It is the first record of this species with a variation in the forewing venation in which the stem of the vein M has six primary branches and a crossvein between vein A2 and wing margin on the right and left forewings (Fig. 3D, E). Also is the first record of a spur vein before the above mentioned crossvein, only in the right forewing (Fig. 3D).