Pyrochlora kuklase Viidalepp

Viidalepp, Jaan, 2009, Revision of the genus Pyrochlora Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), Zootaxa 1989, pp. 55-65 : 59

Pyrochlora kuklase Viidalepp sp.nov.

Figs. 7, 10 , 18 , 34–36

Type series: Holotype: ɗ, ECUADOR, Napo, Baeza 1700 m, 00°27’09”S, 77°51’17”W, 17.05.2007 (gen. 7952) ( NHMT). Paratypes: 7ɗ1Ψ; 1ɗ, Zamora Chinchipe, Los Equentros, 1460m, 03°48’47”S, 78°36’39”W, 21.04.2007; 2#, Zamora Chinchipe, Los Equentros, 1770m, 03°54’49”S, 78°29’58”W, 22.04.2007 ( CAL); 2ɗ1Ψ, Morona Santiago, Gualaquiza, 1570m, 03°17’58”S, 78°33’28”W, 23.04.2007 (gen. 7992)( CAL); 2#, PERU, Oxapampa 2300 m (gen. 7938) ( NHMT). Holotype deposited in Estonian Museum of Natural History, Tallinn, paratypes in NHMT and CAL.

Measurements: Wing span 22.0–25.0 mm in males, 27 mm in a female, length of antennal pectinations 0.45–0.48 mm in males, 0.25 mm in female.

Diagnosis: Externally the species is characterized by a large, continous, rectangular blackish marking along the anal margin of forewing underside ( Figs. 18, 21 ). Other species have the ante- and postmedial lines marked by dark transverse lines between the discal cell and hindmargin of the forewing (if enlarged, not covering the origin of vein CuA2). Aedeagus with three bands of short and thin spines dorsally.

Description: Forewing pattern similar to that in P. m a j o rc u l a, hindwing costal area without a concrete yellow mark. Male genitalian armature is relatively massive, aedeagus has long bundles of spiny cornuti dorsally and the sternite A8, although not strongly chitinized, is bilobed terminally ( Figs. 34–36 ). Quite possibly, this species is pictured by Piñas (2005, Fig. 264, as a female for P. rhanis ).

Biology: Confined to rich tropical mountainous forests at about 1400–2300 m above sea level.

Etymology: The specific name is from Estonian family name Kuklase . Gender masculine.

Distribution: Ecuador; Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 11. Adult Pyrochlora, uppersides of wings. 2. P. rh a n i s, male (Fr. Guiana); 3. P. rhanis, male (SE Brazil); 4. P. m a j o rc u l a, male (Fr. Guiana); 5. P. m a j o rc u l a, female (N. Brazil); 6. P. motilonia sp. nov., male (Costa Rica); 7. P. kuklase sp. nov., male (Ecuador); 8. P. vogli sp. nov., male (Venezuela); 9. P. vogli sp. nov., female (Venezuela); 10. P. kuklase sp. nov., male (Ecuador); 11. P. m a j o rc u l a, male (N. Brazil).

FIGURES 12 – 21. Adult Pyrochlora, undersides of wings. 12. P. rhanis, male (Ecuador); 13. P. rhanis, male (SE Venezuela); 14. P. rhanis, male (Fr. Guiana); 15. P. m a j o rc u l a, male (Fr. Guiana); 16. P. motilonia sp. nov., male (Costa Rica); 17. P. motilonia sp. nov., male (Ecuador); 18. P. kuklase sp. nov., male (Ecuador); 19. P. rh an is, male (Fr. Guiana); 20. P. v o g l i sp. nov., female (N. Venezuela); 21. P. kuklase sp. nov., male (Ecuador).

FIGURES 31 – 39. Male genitalia, Pyrochlora spp. 31. P. motilonia sp. nov., male armature; 32. P. motilonia sp. nov., sternite A 8; 33. P. motilonia sp. nov., aedeagus; 34. P. kuklase sp. nov., male armature; 35. P. kuklase sp. nov., sternite A 8; 36. P. kuklase sp. nov., aedeagus; 37. P. vogli sp. nov., male armature; 38. P. vogli sp. nov., sternite A 8; 39. P. vogli sp. nov., aedeagus. Scale = 1.0 mm.