Carmenta aerosa (Zukowsky)

Eichlin, Thomas D. & Kinnee, Scott A., 2002, Brazilian Sesiidae in the collection of the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 108, pp. 1-15 : 4

Carmenta aerosa (Zukowsky)

Synanthedon aerosa Zukowsky, 1936: 1236 .

Diagnosis. Wing length 8.5 mm ( Fig. 1 ). Most noticeable on the abdomen are the bright, narrow orange bands and bright orange laterally and ventrally. The wings are mostly clear.

Redescription. Head with vertex brown black; front gray, white laterally; (occipital fringe not visible due to presence of fungus); labial palpus orange, brown black apically; antenna with pale orange on apical fourth. Thorax with much bright orange laterally above and beneath wing bases. Abdomen dorsally brown black with narrow bands on posterior edge of segments 2­4 and 7, bands bright orange; bright orange laterally and ventrally. Legs with forecoxa pale orange; femora brown black; tibiae bright orange, except brown black between spur pairs on hindtibia; tarsi brown black. Forewing mostly hyaline, apical margin somewhat broad, margins and discal spot brown black, bright orange at wing base; ventrally with orange powdering on costal margin, pale yellow sparsely on apical margin. Hindwing hyaline, bright orange basally. Genitalia ( Fig. 17 ) with valvae elongate, narrow, bare area greatly reduced; saccus about one­third length of valvae; scopula androconialis long, about one­half length of valvae.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality: BRAZIL: Itatiaya.

Type. aerosa : Lectotype male ­ BRAZIL: " 16­17 mm. Brazil, Itatiaya, December. Types: Coll. MARTEN."

One additional paralectotype (male ­ head missing) has the following labels: "3; Marten, aerosa ; Type, S. aerosa Zuk. ; 56 (red circle), Itatiaya, 28.12.25; 28.XII.25, Mar., Bl..... (handwritten, unreadable); Saarbrücken; Genitalia Slide by M.R. Papp, CDA #325."

Remarks. A male from the Senkenberg Museum, Frankfurt labeled "Syn. Type " does not fit the orginal description by Zukowsky nor match the Lectotype and is not considered to be a paralectotype of aerosa .

Figures

FIGURES 1 - 6. Adult clearwing moths. 1, Carmenta aerosa, male, Lectotype; 2, C. asema, female, Holotype; 3, Synanthedon martenii, female, Holotype;; 4, C. plaumanni, male, Holotype (dorsal aspect); 5, C. plaumanni, male, Holotype (ventral aspect); 6, C. laticraspedontis, female, Holotype (dorsal aspect, abdomen removed);

FIGURES 14 ­ 19. Male gentialia of clearwing moths. 14, Carmenta angarodes; 15, C. asema; 16, C. leptosoma, Paratype; 17, C. aerosa; 18, C. splendens, Holotype; 19, C. plaumanni, Paratype.