Hippia, MOSCHLER, 1878
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20. HIPPIA MÖSCHLER, 1878 View in CoL
Hippia Möschler, 1878 . Type species: Phalaena Totrix mumetes Cramer, 1775
Adults. ( Figure 2G View FIGURE 2 , 10N View FIGURE 10 ) Head: Antennae of male and female simple filiform; antennal tufts absent; the third segment of the palpus is short; ocelli present. Thorax: male prothoracic leg with scent pocket; tarsal claws bifid. Wings: males 30 to 35 mm, the forewing pattern consists of an olive green and gray color, with a bright white apical mark that extends mesally into the wing, angled somewhat at the end of the discal cell, with lighter scales above it making the costa contrast against the darker wings, apex with a black dot; accessory cell present; hindwing simple brown. Abdomen: light brown with a short terminal tuft. Male terminalia ( Figure 6K View FIGURE 6 ): eighth tergite and sternite with midplate. Valvae complex with sharp apex, central folded and outwardly projected region preset about 1/3 for apex and irregular saccular edge, SSO well-developed and densely pleated; uncus short and cup shaped; socii very short and triangular shaped lobes. Costulae absent; juxta small, flat, hexagonal, and fusing to saccular base. Aedeagus long and thin; curved; vesica with deciduous cornuti. Female terminalia: Papillae anales long and membranous with long and short setae; posterior apophyses long and slender; eighth tergite simple; anterior apophyses short; eighth sternite midplate shape; ductus bursae short and sclerotized; corpus bursae membranous with one signum usually present.
Diagnosis. Hippia mumetes can be recognized due to the bright white apical band with a small black dot at the apex. Also, the combination of the mesally folded valvae with short and cup shaped uncus with short, triangular lobes of the socii make the species unique. This species is similar to Elasmia salandera , but that species has a straighter white line on the forewing.
Comments. Externally the single species of this genus may be confused with Pseudhippia gen. n. or Elasmia species since the white marking of the forewing is quite similar to those found in these other genera, but genitalia are distinct. Hippia is still relatively easily diagnosable because of how the white apical region extends for almost the entire costa and has a straight anal margin after the end of the discal cell, whereas in Pseudhippia the white mark is anally accentuated and lobed and Elasmia usually have a much shorter and/or straighter apical mark. The name is often misspelled Hyppia but the original description spelled the name Hippia .
Distribution. Northern South America, including as far north as Colombia and Trinidad to southeastern Brazil.
Species included (1).
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