Hoplosauris valeria Butler 1893

Parra, Luis E., Jiménez-Urrutia, María C. & Zamora-Manzur, Carlos, 2009, Revision of the genus Hoplosauris Butler 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zootaxa 1989, pp. 39-54 : 44-45

Hoplosauris valeria Butler 1893

Hoplosauris valeria Butler 1893: 463 ; Angulo & Casanueva 1981: 29; Scoble 1999: 994.

Type: Hoplosauris valeria Holotype: 1 male Chile ( BMNH) (examined).

Material examined ( 4 males). Holotype: 1 male Chile ( BMNH). Valdivia. Valdivia: 1 male. 1 male, 5-11- 1958 Krhamer coll. 1 male, 01-08-1986 Krahmer coll. ( MZUC-UCCC); 3 males, 1-2008, Chile, Los Lagos, Huinay station ( ZSM).

Diagnosis. Hoplosauris valeria can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the small hairy lobule on the male hindwings, near the vesicle; and a tubular aedeagus, with a protuberance in its medial area. These two characters are the autapomorphies for the species.

Description. Male ( Figure 1h). Head: Antennae sub-apically thickened, covered by dark brown scales. Vertex and frons with dark brown scales. Labial palpi with white apex and dark brown basis. Thorax: light brown scales and orange spots on its dorsal surface, as in patagia and tegula. Tegula with piliform scales extending posteriorly. Forewings: upperside orange with white spots on its medial zone. Medial line orange, surrounded by dark brown semicircles, darker towards the postmedial zone. Terminal line represented by dark brown semicircles. Underside light brown. Hindwings: upperside whitish, darker towards the costal margin of the wing. Underside whitish, with a light brown orange discal cell. Vesicle hairy and concave, with a small hairy lobule. Abdomen with white and dark brown scales on its basal zone. Fore and mid legs with white femur. Tibia and tarsus with dark brown and white intercalated stripes. Hind legs white. Female. Unknown. Male genitalia ( Figures 4a, b). Uncus straight, setose, with acute apex, approximately ½ to length of valvae. Valvae sub-rectangular, with androconia at subapical position. Costa slightly sclerotized. Ventral margin of the valvae with neckline on its subapical region. Aedeagus tubular, with a medial, dorsal protuberance, vesica with a group of short and thick cornuti, approximately 1/5 the length of the aedeagus. Female genitalia. unknown.

Distribution. This species occurs from 40º to 42° S, Valdivia and Los Lagos provinces.

Flight period. Species captured during the months of August, November and January. There are no records from other months.