Oculicattus uturunku, Martinez, 2020

Martinez, Jose I., 2020, Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 985, pp. 71-126 : 71

Oculicattus uturunku sp. nov. Figs 49 , 76 , 95

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Ecuador: ECUADOR, Morona, Santiago 9km. Road Plan de Milagro - Gualaceo, 3°00'04"S, 78°30'49"W, 15.02.2012, H = 2375m, Exped. Ron Brechlin & Victor Sinyaev / FLMNH, MGCL 1049085. [DNA voucher MGCL-NOC- 65266] deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (3 ♂, MGCL): Ecuador: ECUADOR, CARCHI Prov., El Angel Ecological Reserve, 0°45'31"N, 78°01'40"W, 7-8.11.2012, H = 3320 m, Exped. Ron Brechlin & Victor Sinyaev (1 ♂); ECUADOR, Carchi prov., El Moran, 0°45'50"N, 78°02'38"W, 1-3.05.2012, H = 2940 m, Exped. Ron Brechlin & Victor Sinyaev (1 ♂); ECUADOR, CARCHI Prov., El Chical - Carolinae 0°50'20"N, 78°13'39"W, 20.11.2012, H = 2360 m, Exped. Ron Brechlin & Victor Sinyaev (1 ♂).

Etymology.

The name uturunku makes reference to the jaguar Panthera onca (Linnaeus) in the Quechua language.

Diagnosis.

There is only one species that has similar characters to O. uturunku , which is O. raizae . Nevertheless, they are easy to separate because the color black is predominant in O. uturunku and the yellow is secondary. The reniform spot is black and quite smaller, converging with long black lines making it look like an eyelash. Genitalia of the male are remarkably smaller than O. raizae , mainly the cucullus, which is also remarkably narrower.

Description.

Head. Palp with last segment divided into three parts, base and tip yellow and middle area black; frons dark yellow, with a large black band between antennae. Thorax. Marbled in black and sulfur-yellow dorsally, and sulfur-yellow ventrally. Wing. Forewing length, male 20-22 mm; forewing black with some regions of sulfur-yellow; enormous black lines on veins define forewing pattern; black orbicular spot small and elongated; unusual reniform spot eyelash-like, black; black line through inferior region of discal cell barely touching base of CuA2; hindwing with black fringe and some sulfur-yellow scales at end of each vein paler than forewing, whereas that from posterior margin completely gray; veins black with some spots of sulfur-yellow. Leg. Prothoracic and mesothoracic legs black with some sulfur-yellow on joints, and metathoracic legs in yellow. Abdomen. Black with segments sulfur-yellow ventrally, whereas dorsally dark gray, paler on first three segments; A1-A3 with tufts in yellow and with some black scales. Male genitalia. Cucullus wider on base and apex small; costal margin curved; sacculus and process wide; saccus narrow and rhomboid-shaped; juxta square-shaped with base narrower; tegumen narrow; aedeagus 3 × longer than wide; basal area of vesica 1 ½ × longer than vesica itself; large slightly curved patch of spines close to basal area; one of patches of spines on tip small with triangular terminus and another larger covering almost ½ of vesica.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Oculicattus uturunku occurs mainly in the Western Cordillera of the Andes in Ecuador. It is found at high to very high elevations (Fig. 95 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Holotype (Fig. 49 ) and paratypes in good condition. The species Oculicattus uturunku has been confused with Gaujonia nr. renifera by Piñas et al. (2002). The DNA barcode is very similar to O. schmidti (see O. schmidti diagnosis)

Figures

Figure 95. Distribution of examined specimens of the genus Oculicattus.

Figures 43 - 58. Adult habitus of Oculicattus species 43 Oculicattus renifera, ♂, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 44 O. renifera, ♂, MGCL, Junin, Peru 45 O. schmidti, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Pasco, Peru 46 O. schmidti, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru 47 O. inca, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 48 O. boliviana, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 49 O. uturunku, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Morona, Ecuador 50 O. raizae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 51 O. raizae, ♂, paratype, ZSM, Pichincha, Ecuador 52 O. brehmi, ♂, holotype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 53 O. brehmi, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 54 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 55 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 56 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 57 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 58 O. raizae, ♀, paratype, MGCL, La Paz, Bolivia.

Figures 74 - 79. Male genitalia of Oculicattus species 74 Oculicattus inca, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 75 O. boliviana, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 76 O. uturunku, holotype, MGCL, Morona, Ecuador 77 O. brehmi, holotype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 78 O. raizae, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 79 O. schmidti, holotype, MGCL, Pasco, Peru.