The vicinaria group

This group comprises three species. The moths are on average smaller than members of the other groups. Wings are composed of cream white, ochreous, dark brown and rosé elements. The male valvae have more pronounced spine-like processes on the ventral margin than species of the other groups. The vesicae do not possess cornuti. All species show a pronounced sexual dimorphism that is possibly an apomorphy of the group. The females have a dark grey ground colour with ochreous patterns; the female of C. hausmanni sp. nov. more resembles those of the parrhasiata group. Females of this group are therefore illustrated on a separate plate. Species are distributed from Colombia to central Peru but not further in the south (Fig. 2b).