Apogonalia imitatrix Young, 1977

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Apogonalia imitatrix Young, 1977

( Figs 48–50 )

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum with pattern similar to that of A. histrio , without orange areas. Forewing ( Fig. 48 ) pink with brown stripes on veins; clavus with yellow stripe adjacent to claval sulcus; corium with large, elliptical median whitish mark, irregularly bordered by brown; costal area entirely or at least with anterior portion yellow; apical portion with two transverse dark stripes. Face yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with inverted V-shaped dark mark on median portion; pair of mediolateral elongate Y-shaped dark marks, connected to median mark. Clypeus with dorsally bifurcated, median brown stripe. Male pygofer strongly concave posteroventrally, without processes. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite, rami long and moderately narrowed, right ramus apical and left ramus lateromedian. Aedeagal shaft entirely curved dorsally, without process. Female pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Female sternite VII with conspicuous central brown macula; broad posteromedian concavity. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 49 ), in dorsal view, with slightly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; anterior portion with dorsal fold, posterior margin produced and slightly bilobate medially.

Female length. 6.4–7.2 mm (n = 4).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. angusta ; posterior margin broadly convex, with broad median concavity. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 49 ), in dorsal view, with slightly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; anterior portion with dorsal fold, with pair of irregular, more sclerotized lateral areas; posterior margin produced, slightly bilobate medially. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view ( Fig. 50 ), with basal portion slightly broad; basal margin truncate, slightly oblique; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta ; teeth spaced from one another about twice their length on median portion; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.

Material examined. Cuba: Camagüey, one female and one specimen without abdomen ( NCSU) ; La Habana, one male and one female ( NCSU) ; Santiago de Cuba, two females ( NCSU) .

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 50. (40 – 47) Apogonalia histrio (Fabricius, 1794), female: 40, dorsal habitus (C); 41, dorsal habitus (I); 42, face; 43, sternite VII, ventral view; 44, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 45, pygofer, lateral view; 46, valvula I, lateral view; 47, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = specimen from Guantánamo (Cuba), I = from Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands). (48 – 50) A. imitatrix Young, 1977, female: 48, left forewing, lateral view; 49, sternite VIII, dorsal view; 50, valvulae I, basal portion, ventral view. Scale bars in mm.