Lyces annulata (Dognin) Miller, James S, 2009

Miller, James S, 2009, Generic Revision Of The Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 2: Josiini, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009 (321), pp. 675-1022 : 771-772

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/321.1-1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87E0-FFD5-9E20-BEBC-11AFFD854BCC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lyces annulata (Dognin)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Lyces annulata (Dognin) View in CoL , new combination Plate 31

Josia annulata Dognin, 1909: 223 View in CoL .

TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, San Antonio , 2000 m.

TYPE: Syntype ³, leg. Fassl, 22 Jul 1908 ( USNM).

Josia punonis Strand, 1920: 133–134 View in CoL .

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Puno, Titicaca. TYPE: Holotype ♀ (not seen).

DISCUSSION: This species is here transferred from Josia Hübner. Prout (1918) hinted that annulata Dognin and cruciata Butler might be conspecific, but left them as separate taxa. Hering (1925) concurred, suggesting that the only wing-pattern difference is a slightly broader HW stripe in L. annulata , but again retained both as species. A series of genitalia dissections from specimens spanning a wide geographical distribution, provides further support; annulata and cruciata are distinct species. Differences between them are subtle. The strongest involves the shape of the socii. These are wide in L. annulata , but narrow with an elbowlike bend in L. cruciata . The female genitalia differ in the configuration at the base of the CB, and in signum shape. No other means for separating the two taxa were found. Width of the wing stripes offers no aid.

Lyces annulata and L. cruciata are closely related to two additional taxa: L. tamara from northern Central America and L. aurimutua from Brazil. This subclade also includes the Ecuadorian endemic, L. minuta . All of these are unique among Lyces in showing an orange-yellow longitudinal band on the propleuron, as well as a transverse band of orange-yellow scales on the A1 dorsum.

I have not seen the type of punonis Strand , and so cannot vouch for its placement as a synonym of annulata . I simply follow Bryk (1930).

Caterpillars of Lyces annulata were reared in Colombia and Venezuela on three different Passiflora species (table 6), all belonging in the subgenus Granadilla ( Killip, 1938) .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (AMNH, BMNH, CMNH, FNHM, IZA, LACM, MNHN, OUMNH, USNM, ZMH ); Colombia (AMNH, BMNH, USNM, ZMC, ZMH) ; Ecuador (AMNH, LACM, BMNH, USNM); Peru (AMNH, BMNH, CAS, CUIC, FNHM, FML, LACM, MNHN, MPM, MUSM, ZMH); Bolivia (BMNH); Brazil (AMNH, BMNH, CAS, LACM, MNHN, OUMNH, USNM, VOB, ZMC, ZMH).

DISSECTED: Syntype ³ (JSM-702); ³, Venezuela, Mérida, Carr. Tovar-Zea , 2 km de El Amparo, 1100 m, 24 Jan 1993, leg. L.D. Otero, ex ovi on Passiflora cyanea, AMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-657); ³, Bolivia, Reyes, 7 Apr 1895, leg. Stuart, BMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-307); ³, Colombia, Meta, Río Negro, nr. Guayabetal, Pipiralito, 4 ° 15 9 N, 73 ° 45 9 W, 1000 m, May 1977, leg. J. Mallet, D. Jackson, ex larva on Passiflora nitida, AMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-553); ³, Peru, Río Pacaya– Río Ucayali, Jun–Sep 1912, AMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-1385); ³, Brazil, Bahia, leg. D. Davies, CAS (genitalia slide no. JSM-1386); ♀, Venezuela, Mérida, Carr. Tovar-Zea , 2 km de El Amparo, 1100 m, 24 Jan 1993, leg. L.D. Otero, ex ovi on Passiflora cyanea, AMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-658).