Daedalma inconspicua onorei Pyrcz, 2011

Pyrcz, Tomasz W., Greeney, Harold F., Willmott, Keith R. & Wojtusiak, Janusz, 2011, 2898, Zootaxa 2898, pp. 1-68 : 34

Daedalma inconspicua onorei Pyrcz , n. ssp.

( Figs. 5B, 11D)

Material examined: ECUADOR: HOLOTYPE male: Cotopaxi, Pilaló, Carretera Nueva , 3000–3050 m, 03.IX.2004, T. Pyrcz leg., red, rectangular label saying : Holotype, MZUJ .

Description: MALE ( Fig. 5B): Head, thorax and abdomen: not differing from nominate subspecies. Wings: FW length: 28 mm; HW costal lobe more prominent than in nominate and other subspecies; FWD and HWD dark greyish brown, same as in orientalis, lighter than in other west Andean subspecies; FWV lighter postdiscal area in M3-Cu1, Cu1-Cu2 connected to a small lighter discal cell patch by a narrow neck, similar to nominate and cuencana n.ssp. a faint reddish suffusion in median area along discal cell vein, somewhat reminiscent of nominate subspecies; HWV ground colour distinctively olive green, differing from other subspecies, with a wide, rather uniform median area, devoid of any pattern of black or brown lines apparent in other subspecies. Genitalia ( Fig. 11D): Uncus gently arched, about the length of the dorsum of tegumen; gnathos half the length of uncus; saccus wide, shallower than in other subspecies except in orientalis; valvae the length of tegumen + uncus, ampulla smooth, a prominent apical spine-like process; aedeagus not differing from other subspecies.

FEMALE: Unknown.

Etymology: This subspecies is dedicated to Giovanni Onore, an Italian entomologist and professor of entomology and director of the Museo de Entomología for many years at the Universidad Católica in Quito, a great promoter of conservation of natural Andean environments, and a friend of the authors.

Remarks: Daedalma inonspicua onorei is known so far only from the type specimen collected above Pilaló. Despite that, in our opinion it is justified to consider this specimen as representing a separate subspecies in view of apparently important differences in the wing colour pattern, especially the highly distinctive olive green HWV, not found in any other subspecies.