Cibyra hannelore, Mielke & Grehan & Koike, 2025

Mielke, Carlos G. C., Grehan, John R. & Koike, Ricardo M., 2025, Review of the genus Cibyra Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) with descriptions of twenty-four new species from Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5709 (1), pp. 1-74 : 25-26

Cibyra hannelore sp. nov.

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Pl. 4: Figs 11–12 , Pl. 11: Fig. 3 , Pl. 15: Fig. 9 , Pl. 20: Fig. 5

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( Pl. 4: Fig. 11 ): / BRAZIL — São Paulo (SP) , Sto. André, Vila Paranapiacaba , 1100 m, 23.XI.2021. R. Koike leg./ DZ 52.669 / HOLOTYPUS, Cibyra hannelore C. Mielke, Grehan & Koike, 2024 / ( DZUP) .

Paratypes (in total 2 ♂): Brazil. São Paulo. Same locality and collector as holotype: 2 ♂, 23.XI.2021, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 43.013, 43.483; DZUP) .

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of C. endyra .

Description. Male ( Pl. 4: Figs 11–12 , Pl. 11: Fig. 3 ). Forewing length: 14–22 mm, wingspan: 28–42 mm. Epiphysis present.

Male genitalia (Pl. 15: Fig. 9 , Pl. 20: Fig. 5 ). Tergal lobes flattened without protrusion. Saccus with posterior edge concave. Tegumen slightly S-shaped. Fultura inferior bilobed dorsally, trapezoidal.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from one site at Parque Natural Municipal Nascentes de Paranapiacaba placed in Serra do Mar in São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil, at an altitude of 1100 m (Pl. 26: Fig. 1 ).

Etymology. Homonym in honour of Hannelore Moser, feminine. It is treated as a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Remarks. Allopatric to all members of the endyra species-group. See remarks of the previous species.

Figures

PLATE 1. FIGURES 1−12. Cibyra spp. of ferruginosa species-group. Adults (dorsal): 1 (CGCM 33.377), 2 (CGCM 35.939), 3 (type no. 18604), 4 (CGCM 10.168), 5 (CGCM 27.547), 6 (CGCM 26.691), 7 (CGCM 23.321), 8 (CGCM 30.335), 9 (CGCM 30.343), 10 (CGCM 23.937), 11 (CGCM 42.000), 12 (CGCM 29.967). Depositories of the specimens: 1–2, 4–12 in CGCM; 3 in USNM.