Bardaxima donatian ( Schaus, 1928 )

Becker, Vitor Osmar, 2021, A review of the Neotropical moth genus Bardaxima (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Nystaleinae), with special reference to the species occurring in Brazil, Zoologia (e 63526) 38, pp. 1-14 : 4

Bardaxima donatian ( Schaus, 1928)

Figs 9, 10, 45–47

Elymiotis donatian Schaus, 1928: 6 . Lectotype male, GUYANA: [no further data] (USNM), designated by Schintlmeister (2016: 171) [examined].

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 9) FW length 22–25 mm (50–58 mm wingspan), female ( Fig. 10) FW length 25–30 mm (56–66 mm wingspan). FW gray mottled brown; blackish dash from end of cell to termen, between R5-M1, with a short white dash in the middle; wide paler band along costa, from base to termen. HW whitish, thinly dusted gray, more densely towards margins; abdomen fuscous, distal margin of 8 th male sternite ( Fig. 47) with a deep incision. Male genitalia ( Fig. 45): uncus short, forked distad. Socii nearly as long as uncus. Valva short and wide, costa with small tooth distad; sacculus broad, broadly expanded distad, with series of small teeth ventrad; a triangular, denticulate plate at middle. Aedoeagus ( Fig. 46) contorted, apex forked.

Material studied. Type; 23 males (g.s. 5604), 4 females ( VOB); 4 males ( AMC) .

Distribution. From Guyana, throughout central Brazil, to the southern coast of Bahia.

Remarks. Easily distinguished from B. lucilinea and B. fulgurifera by the whitish HW.