Cloesia normalis Dognin, 1911

Laguerre, Michel, Espinoza S., Bernardo A., Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2023, Revision of the genus Cloesia Hampson, 1900: description of five new species and recombination of two species (Noctuoidea Erebidae Arctiinae Lithosiini), Faunitaxys (New York, N. Y.) 11 (47), pp. 1-21 : 5

Cloesia normalis Dognin, 1911

BIN BOLD:AEB4607 ( Fig. 5)

Material examined

Holotype, ♂, COLOMBIA, Cali , Alto de las Cruces, Fassl, VII-1909, in USNM, examined.

COLOMBIA

1 ♂, Cauca, Popayan, Finca La Coronilla , 21-XI-2017, 1670 m, 2.549 -76.62, C. Gonzáles, J. Díaz, R. Rougerie, T. Decaens leg. IAvH-E-200868. Sequenced, Process ID ARCTD1451-19, BOLD ID MILA 2360 (yellow printed label). Dissected Gen. ML 3612 (light blue manuscript label) .

Diagnosis. – A dark steel blue species, devoid of androconial pouch. The hindwings are wide with a single undulation and shot with steel blue reflection in the distal half. The male genitalia are characterized by the transtilla arms sharply bent externally at 90° in their extremities.

Male ( Fig. 5 a-b)

Forewing length: 16 mm. A species with larger wings compared to other species. Antennae black, ciliate. Head and tegulae black with strong steel blue reflection. Patagia and thorax black. Palpi black. Legs black with a strong steel blue reflection on femurs. Abdomen black with blue hue. Forewings almost black with a steel blue reflection. Hindwings devoid of androconial pouch, dark grey with a strong steel blue reflection on their distal half. Below dark grey with a large and uniform blue reflection on the entire surface, except the internal border of forewings.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 6 a-d)

The uncus is enlarged in the basal half and abruptly narrowed in the distal half, laterally it is bent downward with a sharp pointed tip. Valvae are symmetrical reaching almost the tip of uncus. Their basal half is narrowed and the distal half is spoon shaped and distinctly sclerotized. The tegumen below the uncus displays a wide subrectangular thin process on each side. The vinculum is evenly rounded and the saccus is tiny. The juxta is relatively short, rectangular, enlarged on tip with three blunt teeth. The transtilla displays very long and narrow arms, abruptly bent outwards at 90° on their extremities. The aedeagus is short and slightly bulbous, the extremity is covered by a large patch of tiny cornuti. The vesica displays a perpendicular lobe which is partially spiculate.

Female. –Unknown.

Early stages. – Unknown.

Distribution. – Presently only known from Colombia in the Cauca and Valle del Cauca departments.