Achagua obsoleta Rindge, 1983

Matson, Tanner A., 2023, The known species of the genus Achagua Rindge, 1983, with the description of three new species from the Neotropics (Geometridae: Ennominae), Zootaxa 5352 (4), pp. 565-576 : 567

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scientific name	Achagua obsoleta Rindge, 1983
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Achagua obsoleta Rindge, 1983 View in CoL

( Figs. 1 View FIGURES 1–4 , 5 View FIGURES 5–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–10 , 11 View FIGURE 11 )

Distribution ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 ). Achagua obsoleta is known from the Magdalena Valley montane forests of Colombia.

Biology. Life history information is wanting. Adults are known to fly in August.

Material Examined. COLOMBIA • ♁; holotype; Cundinamarca, 3 km. north of Alban, Finca San Pablo ; elev. 1800 m; 1–12 Aug. 1967; P. & B. Wygodzinsky leg.; Genitalia: FHR 19129; AMNH _ IZC 00353008 About AMNH , AMNH _ IZC 00353009 About AMNH ; AMNH • 3♁; paratypes; same data as holotype; Genitalia: TAM-2023-270; AMNH • ♀; Ob. Rio Negro, Ost Colombia ; elev. 800 m; Fassl. leg.; Geometridae genitalia slide No. 20288 ♀; BMNH (E) # 275238 Digitally scanned; Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934-120; NHMUK010293435 About NHMUK ; NHMUK .

Remarks. Only male genitalia were described and illustrated in the original description of A. obsoleta , however, genitalia of both sexes were described and illustrated in Pitkin (2002). Genitalia of both sexes are also illustrated in this work ( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 5–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–10 ).

While not readily seen in Figure 5 View FIGURES 5–8 , A. obsoleta , like A. magna , also has a distinct postmedial digitate protuberance along the costal margin of the valve.