Psychocampa funebris ( Schaus, 1896: 51 )

St Laurent, Ryan A., Carvalho, Ana Paula S. & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Two New Species of Psychocampa and a Possible Case of Visual Mimicry in the Sack-Bearer Moths (Lepidoptera: Mimallonoidea), Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 (2019), No. 3, pp. 1-9 : 2

Psychocampa funebris ( Schaus, 1896: 51)

( Figs. 1 , 6 , and 9)

‘ Perophora batesii ’ Newman, 1854 in Schupp 1895: 16 (life history before formal description of P. funebris ; Psychocampa batesii is a different, Amazonian taxon)

Perophora funebris Schaus, 1896: 51 (formal description)

Cicinnus funebris Berg 1899: 381

Cicinnus funebris Schaus 1928: 650

Cicinnus funebris Biezanko et al. 1957: 87

Cicinnus funebris Becker 1996: 18

Cicinnus funebris St Laurent and Carvalho 2017: 14

Psychocampa funebris St Laurent and Kawahara 2019 (transferred to Psychocampa based on male genitalia and a morphological phylogenetic analysis)

Diagnosis

Distinct among Mimallonidae , especially in Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Uruguay where no other similar species are known to occur. The dark brown to nearly black overall coloration, except for the contrastingly lighter brown antennae and relatively large size (wingspan ranging from 43 to 54 mm) are together indicative of this species wherever it occurs. The two species newly described below are similar, but have strikingly contrasting patches of white scales dorsally on the abdomen and ventrally on the thorax that are absent in P. funebris . The two new species are found in southern Central America and western Colombia.

Type Material

SYNTYPE: 1 Ơ, BRAZIL: Paraná (USNM, examined). Schaus (1896) described this species from an indeterminate number of male and female specimens, apparently all from Paraná, Brazil.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Psychocampa and Aellopos adult male specimens. a = dorsal, b = ventral. (1) P. funebris, Brazil, Paraná, Curitiba, Cascatinha, photo courtesy of C. Mielke (DZUP). (2) P. aello holotype, Colombia, Caldas,Victoria, 2400’ (USNM). (3) P. celaeno holotype, Panama, Chiriquí, Santa Clara, Finca Hartmann, Ojo de Agua, ca. 1,500 m (MEM). (4) A. titan, Costa Rica, Guanacaste,Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Quebrada Otilio, 550 m, 06-SRNP-45345, H. Ramirez leg., via Janzen & Hallwachs (MGCL). Scale bar = 1 cm.

Figs. 6–8. Psychocampa male genitalia. a = ventral, b = lateral, c = eighth sternite projections, d = phallus. (6) P. funebris, Brazil, Paraná, Castro, St Laurent dissection: 5-7-18:4 (USNM). (7) P. aello holotype, Colombia, Caldas, Victoria, 2400’, St Laurent dissection: 7-20-18:1 (USNM). (8) P. celaeno holotype, Panama, Chiriquí, Santa Clara, Finca Hartmann, Ojo de Agua, ca. 1,500 m, St Laurent dissection: 7-20-18:2. Scale bar = 1 mm.