Dognin, 1892 : 186 Auophyllodes ecuadorata (Dognin) Prout 1912 : 131 Racheolopha sarptata ecuadorata (Dognin) Prout 1932 : 54 Oospila ecuadorata (Dognin) Cook & Scoble 1995 : 32 Prout, 1932 : 54 Comibaena ecuadorata Lepidoptera Review of some species groups of the genus Oospila Warren, with descriptions of nine new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae) Lindt, Aare Hausmann, Axel Viidalepp, Jaan Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-09 4497 2 151 194 49SYW (Dognin, 1892) Dognin 1892 [151,577,1018,1045] Insecta Geometridae Oospila GBIF Animalia Lepidoptera 28 179 Arthropoda species ecuadorata     Comibaena ecuadorata  Dognin, 1892: 186;  Auophyllodes ecuadorata(Dognin):  Prout 1912: 131;  Racheolopha sarptata ecuadorata(Dognin):  Prout 1932: 54;  Oospila ecuadorata(Dognin):  Cook & Scoble 1995: 32, Figs 32 (fig. 107 referring to the following species);  Racheolopha sarptaria ruboris  Prout, 1932: 54. Lectotypespecimen of  Comibaena ecuadorataillustrated in: http://entomology.si.edu/ Lepidoptera/geos/ (visited 31.03.18), and on USNM website: http://n 2t.net/ark:/ 65665/3b06e7681-abbe-4acf-b4f1-d90b6a6f99c0 (visited 18.6.2018); raw photographs of its genitalia have been provided by the courtesy of Harald Sulak.   Material. 1♂, Ecuador, Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe, S. Ramon, 1600 m, rio San Francisco, 14.12.1993(B. Mery, S. Attal; ZSM/Herbulot) ( DNAbarcode BC ZSMLep 58863; genitalia slide ZSMG 17209); 4♂ 1♀, Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe, Estaciòn biològica San Francisco, 1 / 8 / 30/ 38 / 106, 1800–2157 m, ca. 03°58’ S, 79°05’ W, 26.– 28.11.2008/ 25.03.2011/ 15.10.2003/ 0 7.02.2013 (F. Bodner, Y. Matsumura, N. Hilt, C. Ramenda, G. Brehm; coll. G. Brehm) ( DNAbarcodes ID 20090, 44313, 22237, 17782, 17196; genitalia slide ZSMG 17497; 3♂ 1♀, id., 29.– 30.10.1999, 1800–1875 m(D. Süssenbach, G. Brehm; ZSM) ( DNAbarcode BC ZSMLep 05011; genitalia slide ZSMG 13157); 1♂, Ecuador, NapoProv., Papallacta, Rio  San Pedro, 3010 m, 0°22’56” S, 78°07’27” W, 13.02.2012(V. Sinaev; ZSM/Brechlin; abdomen brushed). 1♂ Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipeprov., Zamora, 19.04.2007, 1000 m, 04°06'30"S, 78°57'49"W(A. Lindt); 1♂ Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipeprov., Los Enquentros, 21.04.2007, 1460 m, 03°48'47"S, 78°36'39"W(A. Lindt); 3♂ Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipeprov., Los Enquentros, 21.04.2007, 1460 m, 03°48'47"S, 78°36'39"W(I. Renge) (slides 504, 505).   Diagnosis.Somewhat larger than the other species of the  micculariagroup. Green moths with large orangebrown and orange blotches on wings, with bold white and grey-brown perimeters. Usually differing from the other species of the  micculariagroup by more reddish blotches and more conspicuous, thicker borders between ground colour and marginal blotches and conspicuous discal spots. In male genitalia differing from all other species by two separate patches (rows) of spines on the valva. The underside of fore wing base is darker in  O. ecuadoratathan in  O. bifidaand  O. absaloni.   Description.Wingspan, males 17–19.5 mm, females 19–24 mm(Fig. 31). Frons red brown, interantennal fillet broad, white, vertex narrow, reddish brown. Length of external and inner pectinations on the tenth antennal segment in males 0.7 and 0.5 mmlong, respectively, in females 0.55 and 0.4 mm. The labial palpi are short, slightly exceeding diameter of eye. Wings: Fore wing costa narrowly pale brown and speckled greyish. Discal spots on wings usually conspicuous. The blotches to the distal margin of wings are orange-brown with dark brown spotting and with cream-coloured and brown-grey perimeters. The apical blotch of the fore wing is broad, reaching the fore margin of the wing. The tornus blotch of fore wing is large, reaching to ½ of inner margin. The marginal line is contrasting, the fringe is pale brown at vein endings chequered darker. Male genitalia (Fig. 65): The uncus is reduced, the socii are large, roundish, and the gnathi hooked. The anellar complex has large dorsolateral parts and ventrolateral projections towards the sacculi. Valva distally slender, at centre slightly dilated dorsally (bulbed extension only slightly exceeding width of valva). Valva with 3–4 blackish spines at the centro-ventral edge, and—well separate—3–6 smaller ones at the tip. The projection of the sacculus is rectangularly curved, tough and long. The aedeagus is pointed distally, tip of aedeagus sclerotized cornutus-like. The sternite A8 is smoothly bilobed to its distal edge. The configuration of male genitalia is similar to that in  O. brehmi, O. moseriand  O. euchlora.  O. ecuadorataand  O. absaloniare the only species in this group with a very long and narrow tip of valva, whilst  O. ecuadoratais characterized by two separate patches of spines on the valva and a small central extension of valva (larger in  O. absaloni). Cook & Scoble (1995)apparently figured, under the name of “  O. ecuadorata” the genitalia of a Bolivian male (  O. brehmi, see above) which shows a much more extended patch of spines in the distal half of the valva. In Ecuador, the number of spines is subject of larger variation, maybe caused by loss of spines during mating and/or preparation. The genitalia slide of the lectotypeof  O. ecuadoratashows exactly the same shape of valva as figured here. Female genitalia (Fig. 85): Sterigma (lamella antevaginalis) sclerotized, furrowed. Ductus bursae very short, length approx. 0.5 mm. Corpus bursae pyriform. Signum trapezoid with rounded edges, similar to that of  O. moseri, but smaller at base.   Genetic data. BIN BOLD: AAI1664. Intraspecificvariation low (0.0%; n=7 from Ecuador). Nearestneighbour:  O. pipa(7.4%).   Distribution. Ecuador(locus typicus of  ecuadorata: southern Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora),  Panama, Colombia( Cook & Scoble 1995; locus typicus of  ruboris: Colombia, Muzo). The records for Bolivia(Cook & Scoble) refer to the sister species  O. brehmi  sp. n.(see above), those from Brazil, at least partly, to  O. moseri  sp. n.   Biology.The specimens were collected in montane to high-montane rainforest, from 1600 mup to 3000 m, from October to December, and from February to March.   Remarks.The synonymy of  ruboriswith  ecuadoratais currently based on the analysis of Cook & Scoble (1995), requiring confirmation. The genitalia slide of the lectotypespecimen in the Smithsonian Institution (Washington) shows the shape of the valva exactly matching to the description above. 1915261820 BIN, BOLD Ecuador Intraspecific Nearest 29 180 AAI1664 1