Callipia brenemanae Sperry, 1951

Brehm, Gunnar, 2018, Revision of the genus Callipia Guenée, 1858 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with the description of 15 new taxa, European Journal of Taxonomy 404, pp. 1-54 : 28

Callipia brenemanae Sperry, 1951

Figs 55–58 , 64

Assigned BIN: BOLD:AAF5629.

Diagnosis

The base of forewing veins CuA2, CuA1 and often M3 are covered with dark brown scales in brenemanae , particularly at the wing base. Only specimens of C. occulta stat. rev. show a similar pattern, but it is weaker and only true for vein CuA2. COI-barcode: the minimum observed distance to the genetically most similar species ( C.constantinaria ) is 3.9%.

Type material

Holotype ( Fig. 55 ) BOLIVIA: ♂, [Cochabamba department], Yungas del Palmar , 2000 m, 15 Mar. 1949 ( AMNH) ( C-0129 with GS-302).

Paratypes BOLIVIA: 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, same locality as holotype [Cochabamba Department], Chapare ( AMNH, NHM, private collections) , among them one ♀ designated as allotype ( C-0130 with GS, Fig. 56 ; and one ♂, C-0131 , Fig. 57 ). Figure 64 shows the male genitalia of a paratype deposited in the NHM .

Other material examined

PERU: 3 ♂♂, [Puno, Oroya] La Oroya and [Puno], Rio Inambari , 3100 ft [945 m] ( NHM, SMF) ( C-0138; 0149; 0150 ).

BOLIVIA: 3 ♂♂, ( SMF, MFN) ( C-0134; 0135; 0137 ); 1 ♂, [La Paz Department], Coroico ( Yungas ), 2000 m [ca 16.189° S, 67.576° W], ( MfN) ( C-0094 ); 1 ♂, [La Paz Department], Songo [Rio Zongo, ca 16.104° S, 68.065° W] ( MfN) ( C-0139 ); 1 ♂, same locality data as previous, 750 m ( CMNH) ( C-0146 ); 4 ♂♂, La Paz Department, northern Yungas, road Ceranavi-Choroico, near Choro ( ZSM) ( C-0421– 0424 ); 3 ♂♂,[Cochabamba Department], Chapare , San Jocinto, 2800 m ( ZSM) ( C-0088 with GS-389, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN; C-0132; 0133 ); 1 ♂, Cochabamba [Department], Via Cochabamba ( ZMUJ) ( C-0044 , COI sequence 658 bp, BIN); 7 ♂♂, Cochabamba [department] ( CMNH, RCGB) ( C-0089 , COI sequence 658 bp, BIN; C-0140–0145 ); 5 ♂♂, [Cochabamba Department], Yungas del Palmar , 1200–2000 m ( AMNH, ZSM) ( C-0136; 0147; 0148; 0388; 0426 ) .

Description

As illustrated. The female is unknown.

Distribution

Eastern Andes of central to south eastern Peru and central Bolivia, 700–2800 m.

Figures

Figs 49–58. Adult moths (a = dorsal view; b = ventral view). 49. Callipia occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., ♂, holotype (NHM). 50. C. occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., ♂ (C-0159, COI data). 51. C. occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., ♂ (C-0084, COI data). 52. C. hiltae sp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0153, COI data). 53. C.aurata Warren, 1904, ♂, holotype (NHM). 54. C.aurata Warren, 1904, ♂ (C-0087, COI data). 55. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♂, holotype (C-0129). 56. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♀, paratype (C-0130). 57. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♂, paratype (NHM; C-0131). 58. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♂ (C-0084, COI data).

Figs59–66. Malegenitalia (left=valves;right =aedeagus).59.Callipia constantinariaOberthür, 1881 (C-0085,COIdata).60. C.rougerieisp.nov.,paratype (C-0070, COIdata).61.C. occultaWarren, 1904 stat. rev., holotype (COI data). 62. C. occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., (C-0084, COI data). 63. C. hiltae sp. nov.,holotype (C-0153, COIdata).64. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, paratype(NHM).65. C.aurata Warren, 1904, holotype (NHM). 66. C.aurata Warren, 1904 (C-0095, COI data).