Agrotis caliginosa Angulo & Olivares, 2006

Blas, Germán San, 2014, Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae): a systematic analysis of South American species, Zootaxa 3771 (1), pp. 1-64 : 16

Agrotis caliginosa Angulo & Olivares, 2006

( Figs 5, 6 )

Agrotis caliginosa Angulo & Olivares, 2006: 267 –268, Figs 8, 10 . Holotype: 1 ♀, Chile, II Región, Lago Salar Punta Negra, 2968 m (UTM 7266830 N, 498388 E), 29-I-2004 (Andrés & Gino Angulo Coll.) (MZUC). Examined.

Description translation. Female ( Fig. 5 ). Forewing with light-brown scales scattered with dark-brown scales; patagium and tegulum concolorous with forewing, postmedial line with dark-brown scales, scallopped, without differentiated marks. Hind wing with light-brown scales, patagium and tegulum with lighter scales. Legs with light-brown scales, tibiae and tarsi with blackish scales. Genitalia ( Fig. 6 ). Appendix bursae looping, looped twice on itself; anterior and posterior apophyses subequal in length. Male. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 6. Agrotis acronyctoides Angulo & Olivares: 3, female adult; 4, female genitalia. Agrotis caliginosa Angulo & Olivares: 5, female adult; 6, female genitalia. Taken from Angulo & Olivares (2006).

FIGURES 7 – 15. Adults of Agrotis species, edmondsi - group. 7, A. steniptera, ♂. 8, A. propriens, ♂. 9, A. bistrigata, ♂. 10, A. bistrigata, ♀. 11, A. dispar, ♂. 12, A. dispar, ♀. 13, A. peruviana, ♂. 14, A. elegans, ♂. 15, A. elegans, ♀. Actual size.