Enosis angularis ( Möschler, 1877 )

Lemes, José Ricardo Assmann, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Grande, Mirna Martins Casa-, 2020, A new species of Enosis Mabille, 1889 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) from southern Brazil and notes on Enosis angularis (Möschler, 1877), Zootaxa 4728 (1), pp. 133-142 : 136-138

Enosis angularis ( Möschler, 1877)

Figs 5–10 , 12 , and 14–17.

For diagnosis of Enosis angularis see above under E. ester sp. nov. Two males are illustrated, showing variation on the FW, where small creamy spots may be present between spaces R 5 -M 1 and M 2 -M 3 (figs 5–6) or absent (figs 7–8), as well as a female (figs 9–10). As the female genitalia has never been illustrated, it is presented here (figs 15–16) (n = 2). Tergum VIII large, anterior margin deeply indented and anteriorly connected by thin sclerotized band to the sterigma. Sterigma as an inverted “U-shaped” with the proximal tips of the “U” linked to the tergum VIII and the median distal part of the “U” strongly sclerotized, slightly projected ventrally and with a short middle tip. Corpus bursae long, approximately five times larger than the sterigma, starting above the sclerotized band that links the two lateral-proximal tips to the sterigma, with starting part sclerotized and with a twist close to the base. Papilla analis higher than long and posterior apophysis long.

Immature stages and hostplants. There are some photos of the larvae of E. angularis available in Janzen & Hallwachs (2009), recorded feeding on species of Poaceae : Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl. , Oryza latifolia Desv. and O. sativa L. (Beccaloni et al. 2009).

Distribution ( Fig 17 ). Enosis angularis ( Möschler, 1877) has a wide distribution throughout Central and South Americas (records in literature are indicated; otherwise they are from specimens of DZUP and OM): MEXICO— Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas ( Glassberg 2007). COSTA RICA ( Evans 1955). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO— Nariva: Nariva Swamp ( Cock 1981). VENEZUELA ( Evans 1955). GUYANA ( Evans 1955). SURINAME— Paramaribo ( Möschler 1877). FRENCH GUIANA ( Evans 1955). COLOMBIA— Amazonas: Leticia. ECUADOR— Imbabura: Ibarra ( Evans 1955). Napo: Cotundo, [Tena] Shinquipino. Pichincha: San Juan. Chimborazo: Pallatanga. PERU— Loreto: Jenaro Herrera ( Couturier et al. [1997]). Huánuco: Tingo María (Rondós). Madre de Dios: Tambopata. BOLIVIA— Santa Cruz ( Evans 1955), Buenavista ( Evans 1955). BRAZIL— Amazonas: Fonte Boa, Tefé. Pará: Juruti ( Evans 1955 as “Juhuty, Amazon”), Óbidos, Santarém. Maranhão: Imperatriz, Santa Luzia (Fazenda Terrasse, km 108 estrada Açailandia-Santa Luzia). Paraíba: João Pessoa. Pernambuco: São Lourenço da Mata (Tiuma), Recife. Acre: Manoel Urbano, Taraucá. Rondônia: Ariquemes, Cacaulândia (Th. Emmel & Austin 1990), Porto Velho, Riozinho. Mato Grosso: Cáceres (Rio Vermelho, Coronel Rio Branco). Goiás: Pirenópolis. Espírito Santo: Baixo Guandu, Conceição da Barra, Itaguaçu, Linhares, Santa Teresa, Sooretama, Vitória. Minas Gerais: Itueta, Rio Novo. Rio de Janeiro: Magé, Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepaguá), Paraty. Paraná: Antonina (Cacatu), Guaíra, Icaraíma, Paranaguá (Alexandra) , Tibagi. Santa Catarina: Joinville, Santa Cecília.

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FIGURE 17. Geographic distribution of Enosis ester sp. nov. and E. angularis. The symbols with white lower inferior half represent records from the literature.

FIGURES 5–10. Enosis angularis (Möschler, 1877): male, Santarém, Pará, Brazil (DZ 39.878) in dorsal (5) and ventral (6) views; male, Guaíra, Paraná, Brazil (DZ 39.877) in dorsal (7) and ventral (8) views; and female, Cacatu, Antonina, Paraná, Brazil (OM 14.060) in dorsal (9) and ventral (10) views.

FIGURES 11–12. Male stigma of Enosis species. 11. Enosis ester sp. nov. (paratype OM 10.016). 12. Enosis angularis (Möschler, 1877), Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil (DZ 47.965).