Olceclostera bifenestrata group"

Orlandin, Elton, Piovesan, Monica, Herbin, Daniel & Carneiro, Eduardo, 2023, More than Olceclostera bifenestrata: New species and morphology of immature stages of Olceclostera Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea, Apatelodidae), Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 1063-1088 : 1063

3.1. " Olceclostera bifenestrata group"

Comments.

The " Olceclostera bifenestrata group" comprises eight species, namely: Olceclostera angelica (Grote, 1864), Olceclostera bifenestrata , Olceclostera indistincta (Edwards, 1886), Olceclostera jairana sp. nov., Olceclostera quilombola sp. nov., Olceclostera seraphica Dyar, 1906, Olceclostera wayana sp. nov. and Olceclostera xeta sp. nov.

Diagnosis.

This group of species is easily distinguished from other species of Olceclostera by the following combination of characters: forewings grayish, with sinuous brownish lines, two subapical hyaline spots, and one pair of large patches of broader scales laterally on the abdomen. The South American species are reliably separated from the North American species O. angelica , O. indistincta and O. seraphica by their larger size, less grayish coloring (the North American species are light grey) (see Franclemont 1973: plate 3, figs 14-16), molecular distance (Table 1 ), and geographic distribution ( Schaus 1912; Franclemont 1973). They can be distinguished from O. bifenestrata (Fig. 2A, B ) by the sclerotized subscaphium region with a narrow median ventral hook (Fig. 3 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Adult male of Olceclostera species: Olceclostera bifenestrata from Costa Rica. A dorsal view; B ventral view. Olceclostera jairana sp. nov. Holotype male from Parque Estadual do Guartela, Tibagi, Parana, Brazil. C dorsal view; D ventral view. Olceclostera quilombola sp. nov. Holotype male from Parque Estadual das Lauraceas, Adrianopolis, Parana, Brazil. E dorsal view; F ventral view. Olceclostera xeta sp. nov. Holotype male from RPPN Fazenda da Mata, Querencia do Norte, Parana, Brazil. G dorsal view; H ventral view. Olceclostera wayana sp. nov. Holotype male from French Guiana. I dorsal view; J ventral view.

Figure 3. Male genitalia of Olceclostera bifenestrata. A ventral view; B lateral view; C aedeagus, lateral view.