Idaea lobaria (Chretien, 1909)

Guerrero, Juan-Jose, Hausmann, Axel & Ortiz, Antonio S., 2021, Description of Idaea josephinae sp. n. from the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera Geometridae), Zootaxa 4990 (2), pp. 369-377 : 371

The Idaea lobaria species-group

The Idaea lobaria species-group includes two species: I. lobaria and I. josephinae sp. nov. Male genitalia are characterized by the short, triangular uncus with narrowly truncate apex, shortly projecting saccus and shortly spatulate valva without spinules at the tip ( Figs 2A, B ; 3C, D ). Female genitalia present posterior apophyses measuring twice the length of the anterior apophyses, short ductus bursae, and a pyriform corpus bursae that is longitudinally furrowed in its posterior part. DNA barcodes cluster in three different BINs from the Iberian Peninsula (BOLD: ACD0706), across North Africa (BOLD:AEE5597) to Israel (BOLD:ABZ0361). The further study of that genetic pattern was suggested by Müller et al. (2019) and Hausmann et al. (2020).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Idaea lobaria (Chrétien, 1909).A. Male: Morocco, HighAtlas, Tiseldei, 1600 m, south of Tizi-n-Tichka, 29.05.2017, leg. and gen. prep. Rolf Bläsius; B. Male: Morocco, Anti-Atlas, 30 km northeast of Igherm, 1500 m, 30.05.2010, leg. Rolf Bläsius; C and D. Male genitalia and detailed aedeagus from specimen A. (Pictures courtesy of Harald Lahm in Lepiforum.de)

FIGURE 3. Idaea josephinae sp. n. A. Male genitalia; B. Aedeagus; C. Female genitalia.