Hagnagora mirandahenrichae Brehm

Brehm, Gunnar, 2015, Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus, ZooKeys 537, pp. 131-156 : 142-143

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Geometridae

Hagnagora mirandahenrichae Brehm sp. n. Figs 21-22

Type locality.

Costa Rica, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste province.

Type material.

Holotype: male (Fig. 21): Costa Rica, Guanacaste province, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Maria, Mirador Santa Maria, 10.766° N, 85.301°W, 920 m a.s.l., 20 June 2012, S. Rios & R. Franco leg. (voucher 12-SRNP-103819, genitalia preparation, barcode sequence 658 bp) (PMJ).

Paratypes: (deposited in PMJ, USNM) 5 males, 1 female. Costa Rica, Guanacaste province, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Estacion Pitilla, 10.989° N, 85.426° W, 675 m a.s.l.; 1 female (Fig. 22) 16 May 2007, F. Quesada & R. Franco leg. (voucher 07-SRNP-103401, genitalia preparation, barcode sequence 658 bp), 1 male same as previous but 17 May 2007 (voucher 07-SRNP-103498), 2 males, 02 Apr 2011, H. Cambronero & S. Rios leg. (vouchers 11-SRNP-102035 and 11-SRNP-102036, barcode sequences 658 bp), 1 male 12 November 2012, R. Franco & H. Cambronero leg. (voucher 12-SRNP-105462).

Description.

As illustrated in Figs 21, 22.

Distribution.

Only known from sectors Santa Maria and Pitilla from Área de Conservación Guanacaste, province Guanacaste, NW Costa Rica, at elevations ranging from 675-920 m a.s.l., and therefore with a lower elevational range than Hagnagora clustimena (observed: 850-1550 m a.s.l.).

Diagnosis.

Easily distinguished from Hagnagora croceitincta by its wing patterns (see diagnosis in that species). The yellow ground colour of Hagnagora mirandahenrichae is slightly more intensive than in Hagnagora clustimena . The male genitalia of both species are similar, but the valves of mirandahenrichae are narrower and have a different shape to clustimena . COI barcode: The minimum observed distance to the presumably closest relative, Hagnagora clustimena , is 4.6%.

Etymology.

Hagnagora mirandahenrichae is named in honour of Ms. Miranda Henrich of California in recognition of her and her mother’s critical support for understanding the taxonomy and biodiversity development of the Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica, where this species has been found by the ACG caterpillar inventory ( Janzen et al. 2014).