Aloba Warren, 1895

I. Ramos-Gonzalez, Mario, Zamora-Manzur, Carlos, Saladrigas Menes, Dania & E. Parra 1, Luis, 2019, The Trichopterygini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Austral South America: description of new species from Chile, ZooKeys 832, pp. 91-111 : 92

Aloba Warren, 1895

Aloba Warren 1895: 105.

Type species.

Hoplosauris cinereus Bartlett-Calvert, 1893, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Palpi short, slightly tilted up. Male: Hindwing subtriangular, valvae with brush-like setal tuft with accessory undulated individual bristles. Female: ductus bursae half the length of corpus bursae. Posterior third of corpus bursae with longitudinal striation; the remaining two thirds with microspines.

Redescription.

Antennae filiform in both sexes, but subapically broadened in males. Thorax and abdomen with brownish scales, varying in color from greyish to yellowish shades. Forewings with wide and dark antemedial and postmedial bands; apical spot subquadrate and discal spot always present. In males, hindwings are reduced, subtriangular and whitish; its apex can be extended or not, and there is no visible modification in anal margin. Wing venation in males: forewing with two accessory cells; hindwing with Sc+R1 and Rs+M1 separated, M2 is free and M3 and Cu1 are pedunculated near the angle of discal cell, which is polygonal and it extends for one third of wing surface. Tibial formula 0-2-4 in both sexes. Abdomen is longer and narrower in males than in females. Male genitalia: ensiform valvae with cucullus projected apically, setal tuft is brush-like with accessory and undulated individual bristles, juxta with sclerotized S-shaped lateral processes. Female genitalia: corpus bursae sub-pyriform with longitudinal striation on the posterior third; the remaining two-thirds with microspines on its surface.