Lophocampa perezgelaberti, Vincent, 2020

Vincent, Benoit, 2020, Description of five new Lophocampa Harris from the Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4780 (1), pp. 93-106 : 96

Lophocampa perezgelaberti new species

Figs. 1, 2 , 9, 11 & 22

Type material. Holotype— ♂, Dominican Republic, La Vega, Route de Valle Nuevo à Constanza Km 10, 2015 m, 15-VIII-2007, N 18°50,123’ W 70°41,677’, J. Haxaire and O. Paquit leg. prep gen BV 452. Deposited in MNHN .

Additional material. Paratypes, ♀, same data as holotype, genitalia dissected by B. Vincent. n° BV 449 . 1♂, same data as holotype, genitalia dissected by B. Vincent. n° BV 460 ; 1♀, same data as holotype, Barcode ID ARCTD 262-12, Sample ID BEVI1567 ; 7♂, Dominican Republic, La Vega, Road la Cienaga to Constanza pK 13, N 19°00’39,9’’ W 70°50’13,1’’, 1808m, 25-II-2019, J. Haxaire & O. Paquit leg, all in BVC .

Description. Head. Antenna bipectinate, gray, darker at the base. Frons brown, Vertex white with the central area black. Palpi erected brown.

Thorax. Patagias white with the central area black. Pterygodes white with the exception of the base and the inner edge black.

Thorax yellowish dorsally and ventrally. Legs alternating yellowish and brownish areas, with the exception of the internal angle of the anterior legs black.

Forewing. (Lenght: 16 mm; Wingspan: 34 mm). Yellowish with presence of a series of bands organized as follows: a post basal band complete, whitish underlined with brown. A median band complete and irregular, whitish underlined with brown. It builds on the reniform spot. Between this spot and the costa, a yellowish area. Post median band irregular, narrow and whitish. Submarginal band sinusoidal, whitish, slightly contrasted. In the costal area, these bands are contrasted with a darker coloration.

Hindwing. Whitish with the exception of the submarginal area brownish.

Abdomen. Grayish dorsally, whitish ventrally.

Male Genitalia. identical to L. occidentalis n. sp. and L. desotoi n. sp. but distinguished by a narrower and elongated uncus. The protuberances of the transtilla are narrower and longer, exceeding the base of the uncus.

Description of the female paratype. Female identical to male excepted the following differences:

Antennae with flagellomeres shorter than male. Wingspan and lenght of the forewing slightly larger, respectively 41 mm and 19 mm.

Genitalia. identical to L. desotoi n. sp. but distinguished by a ductus bursae not sclerotized, barely swollen, very narrow and elongated.

Early stages: Unknown

Etymology. Lophocampa perezgelaberti n. sp. is named in honor of Dr Daniel Perez-Gelabert in recognition of his very important contribution to the knowledge of the entomofauna of the island of Hispaniola and of the Dominican Republic in particular.

Distribution. Lophocampa perezgelaberti n. sp. is only known from the vicinity of the city of Constanza at a high altitude around 2000m.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Habitus of Lophocampa species: 1—Lophocampa perezgelaberti n. sp., Holotype, male; 2—Lophocampa perezgelaberti n. sp., paratype, female; 3—Lophocampa desotoi n. sp., Holotype, male; 4—Lophocampa desotoi n. sp., paratype, female; 5—Lophocampa occidentalis n. sp., Holotype, male; 6—Lophocampa grotei, Holotype, male.

FIGURES 7–11. Genitalia of Lophocampa species. 7—Lophocampa desotoi n. sp., Holotype, male genitalia; 8—Lophocampa occidentalis n. sp., Holotype, male genitalia; 9—Lophocampa perezgelaberti n. sp., Holotype, male genitalia; 10—Lophocampa desotoi n. sp., paratype, female; 11—Lophocampa perezgelaberti n. sp., paratype, female.

FIGURES 22–26. Aedeagus of Lophocampa species. 22—Lophocampa perezgelaberti n. sp., Holotype; 23—Lophocampa desotoi n. sp., Holotype; 24—Lophocampa occidentalis n. sp., Holotype; 25—Lophocampa sharki n. sp., Holotype; 26— Lophocampa flavoabdominalis n. sp., Holotype.