Hoplosauris Butler 1882

Parra, Luis E., Jiménez-Urrutia, María C. & Zamora-Manzur, Carlos, 2009, Revision of the genus Hoplosauris Butler 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zootaxa 1989, pp. 39-54 : 40

Hoplosauris Butler 1882

Hoplosauris Butler 1882: 399 .

Notholoba Warren 1908: 103 . syn. nov.

Type species: Hoplosauris heliconoides Butler 1882 , types: 1 male, Baños de Chillán, 1 female, Corral, Chile (BMNH). Notholoba schausi Warren 1908 , syntypes: 1 male and 1 female, Chile (USNM).

Diagnosis: In the male, the anal margin of the hindwings is reduced with a tuft of hair like scales or with a small vesiculae. Valvae sub-rectangular, with androconia at subapical position, vesica with one or two compact groups of compacted spines. Female with corpus bursae spherical or elongated. Internal surface with microspines arranged in different regions. Synapormorphies supporting monophyly of the genus are: a small vesicule and/or a lapel in the anal margin of the male’s hindwings, striate areas and microspines on the internal surface of the corpus bursae; and androconia in the subapical region of the valvae.

Description: Antennae sub-apically thickened in both male and female. Thorax and abdomen with brownish scales varying from reddish, orange to greenish tones. Hind wings with a discal spot always present on the dorsal surface. Anal margin of the male hindwings with a concave or convex hairy vesicle or just with hairy scales. Tibial spur formula 0-2- 4 in both sexes. Female genitalia, corpus bursae with spherical or elongated, slightly sclerotized, with microspines on internal surface. Sterigma membranous. Male genitalia with sub-rectangular valvae. Androconia at subapical position of valvae. Aedeagus tubular. Vesica with one or two groups of cornuti.

Distribution: the genus occurs between latitudes 33º S and 52º S, in Valparaíso and Magallanes provinces ( Chile) and Neuquén ( Argentina).