Cibyra endyra C. Mielke, 2015

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 : 26

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Cibyra endyra C. Mielke, 2015 View in CoL

Pl. 4: Figs 16 View PLATE 3 –17, Pl. 11: Fig. 4 View PLATE 1 , Pl. 15: Fig. 10 View PLATE 1 , Pl. 20: Fig. 6 View PLATE 1

Cibyra endyra : Mielke (2015: 12; figs 1a–b ( holotype ♂ dorsal/ventral), 2a–b ( ♀ female), 14 ( holotype ♂ abdominal segment VIII), 15 ( holotype ♂ gen.), 16 ( holotype phallus), 23 (geographical distribution)); holotype ♂ with the following labels: / Holotypus, Cibyra endyra C. Mielke det. 2014/ 22. I. 2004, Pedra do Baú , São Bento do Sapucaí , 1800 m, SP, Brasil. Pereira leg./ CGCM 9.368 / DZ 15.573/ BC-CGCM [BC-JX215633]/; DZUP (examined).— Grehan et al. (2023: 75).

Diagnosis. This and the previous two species have a similar wing ornamentation and male genitalia, especially the nearly right-angled corner of projection of the posterior portion of the saccus (Pl. 15: Figs 8–10 View PLATE 1 ; see arrows). However, some attributes in the male genitalia are diagnostic. In C. endyra the posterior margin of the saccus is clearly V-shaped (Pl. 15: Fig. 10 View PLATE 1 ; right arrow), whereas in C. ykeyra and C. hannelore sp. nov., it is concave (Pl. 15: Fig. 8–9 View PLATE 1 ). In addition, the tergal lobe of C. endyra is as simple as in C. hannelore sp. nov., while in C. ykeyra , it bears a protrusion mesally (see upper arrow). The genital apparatus is 1.15 to 1.3× larger in C. ykeyra .

Examined material (in total 30 ♂ 2 ♀). Brazil. Same material listed by Mielke (2015): 5 ♂, 1 ♀ (including HT). Minas Gerais. Marmelópolis, Marins , 1519 m: 1 ♂, 28.XII.1997, C. Mielke leg. ( CGCM 35.444 ). São Paulo. Piquete, Barreira de Piquete, 1464 m: 1 ♂, 8.XII.2000, R, Koike leg. ( CGCM36.686 ; CGCM). São José do Barreiro, Bocaina , 1578 m: 1 ♂, 15–25.III.1990, H. Thöny leg. ( CGCM 44.413 ; CGCM). Campos do Jordão, Lavrinhas , 1900 m: 2 ♂, 6.XII.1996, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 32.149, 33.301; CGCM); 1 ♂, 6.II.1996, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 32.384 ; CGCM); 4 ♂, 6–16.I.1997, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 32.736 , 32.745 , 32.958 , 33.211 ; CGCM); 1 ♂, 11–13.XII.1997, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 35.320 ; CGCM); 2 ♂ 1 ♀, 27–28.XII.1997, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 35.358 , 35.415 , 35.587 ; CGCM); 6 ♂, 23–24.I.1998, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 35.585 , 36.003 , 36.042 , 36.143 , 36.544 , 36.581 ; CGCM); 2 ♂, 2.I.1999, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 39.551, 39.962; CGCM); 2 ♂, 19–27.I.1999, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 38.757, 40.317; CGCM); 1 ♂, 7.XI.2000, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 43.501 ; CGCM). Campos do Jordão , 1700 m: 1 ♂, 5–12.I.2002, V. O. Becker leg. ( CGCM 38.602 ; CGCM).

Male ( Pl. 4: Figs 16 View PLATE 3 , Pl. 11: Fig. 4 View PLATE 1 ). Forewing length: 16–25 mm, wingspan: 33–52 mm (see Mielke 2015). Epiphysis absent.

Male genitalia (Pl. 15: Fig. 10 View PLATE 1 , Pl. 20: Fig. 6 View PLATE 1 ). For details, see Mielke (2015).

Female ( Pl. 4: Fig. 17). Forewing length: 31 mm, wingspan: 58 mm (see Mielke 2015).

Female genitalia. Not dissected.

Distribution. Confined to the Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar in the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo , southeastern Brazil, at altitudes between about 800 to 1900 m (Pl. 26: Fig. 1 View PLATE 1 ).

Remarks. Cibyra endyra is relatively frequent at light. It is sympatric and synchronic with C. claudia sp. nov. only within this species-group.