Cibyra forsteri ( Viette, 1961 )

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 : 34

Cibyra forsteri ( Viette, 1961)

Pl. 6 : Fig. 11 , Pl. 16: Fig. 7

Aepytus forsteri Viette (1961: 1 ; fig. 1 ([ holotype] gen.)); holotype ♂, Bolivia, Cochabamba, 2600 m, 10. XI. 1956, R. Zischka leg.; GP P. Viette no. 3552; ZSBS (examined). Holotype ♂ with the following labels: Type/ Holotypus, Aepytus forsteri Vtte, Zool. Staatssammlung München / Staatsslg. München, Bolivia, Cochabamba, 2600 m, 10.XI.[19]56, leg. R. Zischkai / Specimen photog, Checklist Aust Lep [ sic], Film 169/34/ P. E. L. Viette det. 1960, Aepytus forsteri n. sp. ♂, Holotype P. Viette/ Genitalia ♂, P. Viette, Prép. no. 3552.

Aepytus (Aepytus) forsteri : Nielsen & Robinson (1983: 19).— Robinson & Nielsen (1984: 17).

Cibyra (Aepytus) forsteri : Nielsen et al. (2000: 842).

Cibyra forsteri : Mielke & Grehan (2012: 137).— Grehan et al. (2023: 76).

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 6. FIGURES 1−12. Cibyra spp. of dorita species-group. Adults (dorsal): 1 (CGCM 25.041), 2 (CGCM 24.038), 3 (CGCM 19.994), 4 (CGCM 44.053), 5 (CGCM 46.675), 6 (CGCM 39.483), 7 (CGCM 42.772), 8 (CGCM 43.070), 9 (3789), 10 (no voucher), 11 (3552), 12 (3788). Depositories of the specimens: 1–8 in CGCM; 9–12 in ZSBS.