Lacosoma vulfreda Schaus, 1928

Prada-Lara, Liliana & St Laurent, Ryan A., 2021, Hidden treasures: Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera) from the Museo Javeriano de Historia Natural, with descriptions of the female of Bedosiallo moengus (Schaus, 1928), and a new species of Gonogramma Boisduval, 1872, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (3), pp. 501-511 : 508-509

Lacosoma vulfreda Schaus, 1928

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This rarely collected species is only known from coastal Chocó department (type locality Bellavista). For the first time, the male genitalia is shown ( Fig. 5 ). The species L. aurora Dognin ,

1916 is very similar but was described from higher elevations in Boyacá and is likely distinct from L. vulfreda .

Examined material. COLOMBIA: Chocó: 2 males. PNN UtrÍa , Segunda Estación Puente Esterogrande. N 06°01’08.8”, W 77°20’44.8”. 15 Ago-14 Sept 2017, 6 m . L. Prada & S. Vargas. MPUJ _ ENT0048636 / MPUJ _ ENT0048635 .

Additional comments: We found two Druentica Strand, 1932 morphotypes represented by four specimens in the MPUJ, however, they could not be identified to the specific level. They may be undescribed species, but are similar to D. patawa Herbin, 2016 , D. differenciata Bryk, 1953 , and related species. Nevertheless, barcoding and a full genus revision are needed for clear identifications of Druentica in Colombia and the rest of the Neotropics. Upon completion of this manuscript, we identified one additional mimallonid specimen, representing a second species of Gonogramma deposited in the MPUJ: G. eminens (Dognin, 1923) COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca: 1 Male. Reserva Chicaque. 29 Ago- 02 Sept 2016. D. Cualla. Little has been published about this species, but it is widespread in the Andes, and was originally described from Distrito Capital, Colombia.

Figures

Figure 1. Mimallonidae moths from MPUJ. Scale: 1 cm. A. Female Bedosia turgida. B. Male Bedosiallo moengus. C. Female Bedosiallo moengus. D. Male Psychocampa cf. bactriana. E. Male Isoscella ventana. F. Male Lacosoma briasia. G. Male Lacosoma cf. raydela. H. Male Lacosoma vulfreda. / Polillas Mimallonidae del MPUJ. Escala: 1 cm. A. Hembra de Bedosia turgida. B. Macho de Bedosiallo moengus. C. Hembra de Bedosiallo moengus. D. Macho de Psychocampa cf. bactriana. E. Macho de Isoscella ventana. F. Macho de

Figure 5. Male genitalia of Lacosoma vulfreda A. Ventral, B. Lateral, C. broken phallus with dorsal projections separated shown. Scale: 1 mm. / Genitalia macho de Lacosoma vulfreda A. Ventral, B. Lateral, C. Phallus roto con proyección dorsal se muestra por separado. Escala: 1 mm.