Cibyra alina, Mielke & Grehan & Koike, 2025

Mielke, Carlos G. C., Grehan, John R. & Koike, Ricardo M., 2025, Review of the genus Cibyra Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) with descriptions of twenty-four new species from Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5709 (1), pp. 1-74 : 40-41

Cibyra alina sp. nov.

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Pl. 8: Figs 10–11 , Pl. 12: Fig. 4 , Pl. 17: Fig. 8 , Pl. 21: Fig. 8

Type material. Holotype ♂ (Pl. 8: Fig. 11 ): BRAZIL – Minas Gerais ( MG), Catas Altas, Santuário do Caraça, Campos de Fora, 1497 m, 10.X.2023, 20°7'5.76"S, 43°31'17.25"W, E. Joerke & C. Mielke leg./ DZ 52.708/ HOLOTYPUS, Cibyra alina C. Mielke, Grehan & Koike, 2024 / ( DZUP).

Paratypes (in total 3 ♂ 1 ♀): Brazil. Minas Gerais. Santana do Riacho, Serra do Cipó , Alto Palácio : 1 ♂, 1043 m, 23.XI.1989, E. Joerke & C. Mielke leg. ( CGCM 40.966 ; CGCM) ; 1 ♂, Rio Miguel Quicé , 3–8.X.1959, 1300 m, Travassos & Pearson leg. (Z 4752). Catas Altas : 1 ♂, same data as HT ( CGCM 49.970 ; CEIOC) . Santa Bárbara, Santuário do Caraça: 1 ♀, Tanque Grande , 1278 m, 12–16.XI.2023, E. Pereira leg. ( CGCM 51.823 ; CEIOC) .

Diagnosis. Easily distinguished from all congenerics by the configuration of the FW postdiscal band, which is dark grey with light whitish tiny dots. The male genitalia are discussed under the next species.

Description. Male (Pl. 8: Fig. 11 , Pl. 12: Fig. 4 ). Forewing length: 13–17 mm, wingspan: 27–33 mm. Epiphysis absent.

Male genitalia (Pl. 17: Fig. 8 , Pl. 21: Fig. 8 ). Tergal lobes not protruding posteriorly. Saccus with posterior edge U-shaped mesally. Tegumen slightly sinuate. Pseudotegumen expanded ventrally, ribbed ventro-anteriorly. Fultura inferior cup-shaped as long as wide, constricted laterally, distally bilobed.

Female (Pl. 8: Fig. 10 ). Forewing length: 16 mm, wingspan: 33 mm. Epiphysis absent.

Distribution. Endemic to the Serra do Espinhaço in central and southeastern Minas Gerais at altitudes above 1000 m in southeastern Brazil (Pl. 28: Fig. 2 ).

Etymology. Feminine. It is treated as a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Remarks. Only sympatric and synchronic to C. agnes sp. nov.

Figures

PLATE 1. FIGURES 1−12. Cibyra spp. of ferruginosa species-group. Adults (dorsal): 1 (CGCM 33.377), 2 (CGCM 35.939), 3 (type no. 18604), 4 (CGCM 10.168), 5 (CGCM 27.547), 6 (CGCM 26.691), 7 (CGCM 23.321), 8 (CGCM 30.335), 9 (CGCM 30.343), 10 (CGCM 23.937), 11 (CGCM 42.000), 12 (CGCM 29.967). Depositories of the specimens: 1–2, 4–12 in CGCM; 3 in USNM.