Cibyra ochracea C. Mielke, 2014

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 : 10-11

Cibyra ochracea C. Mielke, 2014

Pl. 1 : Figs 5–8 , Pl. 10: Fig. 2 , Pl. 13: Fig. 2 , Pl. 14: Fig. 2 , Pl. 19: Fig. 2 , Pl. 23: Fig. 2 , Pl. 24, Fig. 2

Cibyra ochracea : Mielke (2014: 214; figs 1 (geographical distribution), 14 a–b ( holotype ♂ dorsal/ventral), 15 ( ♂ dorsal), 16 a–b ( ♀ dorsal/ventral), 17 ( holotype phallus), 18 ( ♀ abdominal segment VIII), 19 ( ♀ gen.); holotype ♂ with the following labels: / Holotypus, Cibyra ochracea C. Mielke det. 2012/ Brasil, Santa Catarina , Rio Vermelho, 800 m, 15. II. 2004 (5), O. Rank leg./ DZ 15.601/; DZUP (examined).— Favretto (2016: 72).— Mielke et al. (2020: 169; fig. 4 (adult resting)).— Grehan et al. (2023: 77).

Diagnosis. See under C. ferruginosa .

Examined material (in total 270 ♂ 30 ♀). Brazil. Material listed by Mielke (2014): 218 ♂ 28 ♀ (including HT). São Paulo. Santo André, Paranapiacaba, 1100 m: 1 ♂, 7.I.2020, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 44.597; DZUP); 1 ♂, 26.XII.2020, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 41.660; DZUP); 2 ♂ 1 ♀, 7.I.2021, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 42.987, 43.673, 46.442; DZUP); 5 ♂, 29.I.2021, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 5.353, 27.492, 28.639, 42.977, 44.175; DZUP); 1 ♀, 16.III.2021, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 42.987; CGCM); 1 ♂, 23.XI.2021, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 43.452; DZUP); 1 ♂, 21.XII.2021, R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 46.058; DZUP). Guapiara, Paivinha , 800 m: 2 ♂, 6–8.III.1995, C. Mielke leg. ( CGCM 27.421, 27.547; CGCM); 8 ♂, 18–21.XII.1995, C. Mielke leg. ( CGCM 29.221, 29.236, 29.415, 29.656, 29.688, 29.785, 30.118, 30.295; CGCM); 6 ♂, 14–16.II.1996, C. Mielke leg. ( CGCM 28.863, 29.058, 29.111, 29.255, 29.454, 29.615; CGCM). Apiaí, 700 m: 6 ♂, 12.I.1996, C. Mielke leg. ( CGCM 25.854, 26.192, 26.378, 26.691, 26.873, 27.067; CGCM). Paraná. Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha , 900 m: 3 ♂, 17.II.1997, C. Mielke & R. Koike leg. ( CGCM 32.268, 32.631, 33.491; CGCM). Santa Catarina. São Bento do Sul, Rio Vermelho, 700–800 m: 1 ♂, 25.XII.2006, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 33.403; CGCM); 3 ♂, 20–28.I.2009, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 24.816, 25.022, 25.534; CGCM); 3 ♂, 5.II.2009, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 24.864, 25.263, 25.536; CGCM); 1 ♂, 25.IV.2009, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 25.327; CGCM); 1 ♂, 23.XII.2009, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 25.248, 25.327; CGCM); 1 ♂, 6.I.2010, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 25.342; CGCM). São Bento do Sul, Rio Natal, 450–550 m: 1 ♂, 19.II.1987, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 39.111; CGCM); 1 ♂, XI.2004, A. Rank leg. ( CGCM 26.904; CGCM); 4 ♂, I.2004, O. Rank leg. ( CGCM 30.168, 30.302, 30.335, 30.339; CGCM).

Male ( Pl. 1 : Figs 5–6, 8 , Pl. 10: Fig. 2 ). Forewing length: 12–23 mm; wingspan: 23–49 mm (see Mielke 2014).

Male genitalia (Pl. 14: Fig. 2 , Pl. 19: Fig. 2 ). For details, see Mielke (2014).

Female ( Pl. 1 : Fig. 7 , Pl. 13: Fig. 2 ). Forewing length: 20–37 mm; wingspan: 42–74 mm (see Mielke 2014).

Female genitalia (Pl. 23: Fig. 2 , Pl. 24: Fig. 2 ). For details, see Mielke (2014: Figs 18–19).

Distribution. Northeastern São Paulo to northeastern Santa Catarina , southeastern and southern Brazil, at altitudes between about 450 and 1100 m (Pl. 25: Fig. 1 ).

Remarks. The habitus of this and the former species is similar, and only examination of the phallus is conclusive for identification. For specimens of this species, geographical location may help with species determination. In northeastern Santa Catarina , the abundance of trapped moths of C. ochracea during the summer in dense ombrophilous and semi-deciduous forests is second only to C. meridionalis . Despite occurring near the geographic range of C. ferruginosa , the two species are allopatric, with range overlap occurring only with C. meridionalis in this 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.