Callipia hiltae, Brehm, 2018

Brehm, Gunnar, 2018, Revision of the genus Callipia Guenée, 1858 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with the description of 15 new taxa, European Journal of Taxonomy 404, pp. 1-54 : 27

Callipia hiltae sp. nov.

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Figs 52 , 63

BIN (holotype): BOLD:AAD6678.

Diagnosis

Costa in C. hiltae sp. nov. largely without striae; on the contrary the holotype of C. occulta stat. rev. shows such striae as well as most of the 10 successfully DNA-barcoded specimens assigned to C. occulta stat. rev. The extent of the yellow blotch on the forewing appears to be rather variable, and the male genitalia do not offer reliable diagnostic characters either. So far, only two specimens can reliably be assigned to C. hiltae sp. nov., but it is possible that the species has a broader distribution. COI-barcode: the minimum observed distance to the genetically most similar species ( C.brenemanae ) is 5.0%, and it is 5.7% to C. occulta stat. rev.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Nadine Hilt, Bayreuth, Germany who carried out a moth diversity study along a disturbance gradient in southern Ecuador.

Type material

Holotype ( Figs 52 , 63 )

PERU: ♂, Amazonas, Pomacochas , 2200 m ( ZSM) ( C-0153 with GS-420, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN).

Paratypes

PERU: 1 ♂, same data as for holotype ( ZSM) ( C-0154 , COI sequence 307 bp).

Description

As illustrated. The female is unknown.

Distribution

Eastern Andes of northern Peru, 2200 m.

Figures

Figs 49–58. Adult moths (a = dorsal view; b = ventral view). 49. Callipia occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., ♂, holotype (NHM). 50. C. occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., ♂ (C-0159, COI data). 51. C. occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., ♂ (C-0084, COI data). 52. C. hiltae sp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0153, COI data). 53. C.aurata Warren, 1904, ♂, holotype (NHM). 54. C.aurata Warren, 1904, ♂ (C-0087, COI data). 55. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♂, holotype (C-0129). 56. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♀, paratype (C-0130). 57. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♂, paratype (NHM; C-0131). 58. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, ♂ (C-0084, COI data).

Figs59–66. Malegenitalia (left=valves;right =aedeagus).59.Callipia constantinariaOberthür, 1881 (C-0085,COIdata).60. C.rougerieisp.nov.,paratype (C-0070, COIdata).61.C. occultaWarren, 1904 stat. rev., holotype (COI data). 62. C. occulta Warren, 1904 stat. rev., (C-0084, COI data). 63. C. hiltae sp. nov.,holotype (C-0153, COIdata).64. C.brenemanae Sperry, 1951, paratype(NHM).65. C.aurata Warren, 1904, holotype (NHM). 66. C.aurata Warren, 1904 (C-0095, COI data).