Cloesia andensis Laguerre, 2023

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 : 12-13

Cloesia andensis Laguerre sp. n.

BIN BOLD:AAA1385 (part)

ZooBank:http://zoobank.org/ 7C3ACAD5-D07E-47A5-A7E4-1AB9F970766E

Holotype, ♂, BOLIVIA. La Paz, Rte Caranavi - Palos Blancos, PK 38, 23- III-1984, N.Yungas,dissected Gen.ML 960 (white manuscript label),in MNHN.

Paratypes

PERÚ

2 ♂, Cuzco, Road Pilcopata to Paucartambo, Km 39, 24-II-2009, 1782 m, -13.078000° -71.556999°, B. Vincent leg., Process ID ARCTD663-12, BOLD ID MILA1788 and Process ID ARCTD665-12, BOLD ID MILA1790, dissected gen.ML3617 (light blue manuscript label), in MLC.

1 ♀, Cuzco, Cosñipata , 3-IX-2016, 1950 m, -13.0999 -71.5673, D. Bolt leg., sequenced Process ID PEMOA839-16, BOLD ID Pe- Arc-0194, in PMJ .

BOLIVIA

1 ♀. La Paz, Rte Cochabamba - Villa Tunari, PK116, 19-XI-1998, 1200 m, M. Laguerre leg., dissected Gen. ML3631 (light-blue manuscript name), in MLC.

Diagnosis. – A dull greenish species with a metallic bluish abdomen. In males the long and narrow androconial pouchis filled with brownish-orange hairs. The female displays also a dull greenish lustre on forewings. The male genitalia are characterized by the transtilla processes which are slightly shorter than the juxta, strong and with several teeth on their extremity.

Male ( Fig. 17 a-b)

Forewing length: 17 mm. Antennae black, thin and ciliate. Head, tegulae and patagia black with a strong dark blue reflection. Thorax black with a golden green reflection. Palpi black. Abdomen with a dark blue suffusion. Legs black with a strong steel blue reflection. Forewings black with a strong greenish reflection. Hindwings dark grey, lighter on disk. Asingle undulation on termen. Androconial pouch, long and narrow, fulfilled with brownish-orange hairs. Below dark grey with a dark blue hue on forewings costa, lighter on internal border.On hindwings the androconial pouch appears as a black oval patch.

c d a b

Male genitalia ( Fig. 18 a-d)

Uncus slightly bend downward with a strong spine on tip. Tegumen espansions weakly sclerotized and slightly rounded. Vinculum evenly rounded, saccus almost absent. Valvae symmetrical reaching the base of uncus, basal part subrectangular, then strongly constricted after middle with two small indentations pointing inward. Terminal part spoon shaped, clearly sclerotized and laterally rectangle shaped. Juxta reaching the valvae constriction, rectangular, then abruptly narrowed as a blunt triangle. Transtilla arms reaching the tip of juxta, strongly sclerotized, bearing several spines on tip. Aedeagus cylindrical, slightly bulbous at beginning, with a short caecum penis, two sclerotized bands at the distal end. Vesica lobe perpendicular to main axis with a strong patch of cornuti, followed distally by a spiculate area.

Female ( Fig. 17 c-d)

Forewing length: 15 mm. Similar to male with a generally more faded coloration. The four wings dark grey, the forewings shot with a dull greenish lustre. Hindwings without undulation and androconial pouch.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 12b)

Papillae anales subtriangular, apophyses long and thin, subequal. Antrum bordered with a strongly sclerotized border. Ductus bursa wide, slightly sclerotized, with some longitudinal wrinkles. Bursa copulatrix oval with a rounded verrucate signum surrounded by circular wrinkles.

Etymology. – andensis by reference to the distribution area including Bolivia and Peru.

Early stages. – Unknown.

Distribution. – Presently only known from the Yungas area in southern Perú and northern Bolivia at medium altitudes (between 1200 and 2000 m).