Apogonalia imitatrix Young, 1977

(Figs 48–50)

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsum with pattern similar to that of A. histrio, without orange areas. Forewing (Fig. 48) pink with brown stripes on veins; clavus with yellow stripe adjacent to claval sulcus; corium with large, elliptical median whitish mark, irregularly bordered by brown; costal area entirely or at least with anterior portion yellow; apical portion with two transverse dark stripes. Face yellow with dark brown marks. Frons with inverted V-shaped dark mark on median portion; pair of mediolateral elongate Y-shaped dark marks, connected to median mark. Clypeus with dorsally bifurcated, median brown stripe. Male pygofer strongly concave posteroventrally, without processes. Paraphyses with Y-shaped basal sclerite, rami long and moderately narrowed, right ramus apical and left ramus lateromedian. Aedeagal shaft entirely curved dorsally, without process. Female pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Female sternite VII with conspicuous central brown macula; broad posteromedian concavity. Sternite VIII (Fig. 49), in dorsal view, with slightly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; anterior portion with dorsal fold, posterior margin produced and slightly bilobate medially.

Female length. 6.4–7.2 mm (n = 4).

Description of female genitalia. Sternite VII similar to that of A. angusta; posterior margin broadly convex, with broad median concavity. Sternite VIII (Fig. 49), in dorsal view, with slightly sclerotized arch-shaped plate; anterior portion with dorsal fold, with pair of irregular, more sclerotized lateral areas; posterior margin produced, slightly bilobate medially. Pygofer similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula I, in ventral view (Fig. 50), with basal portion slightly broad; basal margin truncate, slightly oblique; blade similar to that of A. angusta . Valvula II similar to that of A. angusta; teeth spaced from one another about twice their length on median portion; preapical prominence approximately aligned to anteapical tooth.

Material examined. Cuba: Camagüey, one female and one specimen without abdomen (NCSU) ; La Habana, one male and one female (NCSU); Santiago de Cuba, two females (NCSU) .