Cibyra regina, 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 : 15

Cibyra regina sp. nov.

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Pl. 2 : Figs 8–10 , Pl. 10: Fig. 7 , Pl. 14: Fig. 7 , Pl. 19: Fig. 7

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( Pl. 2 : Fig 8 ): / BRAZIL — Minas Gerais ( MG), Catas Altas, Santuário do Caraça, Campos de Fora, 1497 m, 10.X.2023, S 20° 7'5.76"S, W 43°31'17.25", E. Joerke & C. Mielke leg./ DZ 52.599 / HOLOTYPUS, Cibyra regina C. Mielke, Grehan & Koike, 2024 / ( CEIOC).

Paratypes (in total 2 ♂). Same data as holotype ( CGCM 49.833, 49.965; CEIOC) .

Diagnosis. Similar to C. elyana sp. nov. and C. tessellata . See the diagnosis of the previous species. The digitiform valvae are apically tapered, while rounded in the two previous species.

Description. Male ( Pl. 2 : Figs 8–10 , Pl. 10: Fig. 7 ). Forewing length: 12–20 mm, wingspan: 27–39 mm. Epiphysis present.

Male genitalia (Pl. 14: Fig. 7 , Pl. 19: Fig. 7 ). Saccus with posterior edge slightly concave. Tergal lobe flattened. Pseudotegumen anteriorly less reinforced than posteriorly. Fultura inferior trapezoidal, bilobed dorsally, 1.2× longer than wide. Valvae distally tapered.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Endemic to the Santuário do Caraça in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, at altitudes of about 1500 m (Pl. 25: Fig. 2 ).

Etymology. Homonym in honour of Maria Regina Foggiatto, feminine. It is treated as a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Remarks. Sympatric and synchronic to C. jane sp. nov. only within the species-group.

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.

PLATE 2. FIGURES 1−15. Cibyra spp. of monoargenteus species-group. Adults (dorsal): 1 (CGCM 25.160), 2 (CGCM 22.636), 3 (CGCM 24.860), 4 (CGCM 27.289), 5 (CGCM 36.137), 6 (CGCM 35.529), 7 (CGCM 35.658), 8 (CGCM 49.783), 9 (CGCM 49.833), 10 (CGCM 49.965), 11 (CGCM 45.284), 12 (CGCM 23.315), 13 (CGCM 43.815), 14 (CGCM 42.861), 15 (CGCM 23.483). Depositories of the specimens: 1–6, 13–15 in CGCM; 7, 12 in DZUP; 8–11 in CEIOC.