Oculicattus brehmi sp. nov. Figs 52-55, 77, 89, 95

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Ecuador: Ecuador, 8 km SE of Loja, Parque Nacional Podocarpus Cajanuma, mont. Rainforest, Blacklight 2 × 15W (50), 04°06.86'S, 79°10.48'W, 20.ix.2008, 2897 m, Florian Bodner leg / DNA Barcode run 2010, COI-5P marker, University of Guelph / Arcec 32176. [DNA voucher Arcec 32455] deposited in FSU. Paratypes (1 ♂, FSU): Ecuador: Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe Parque Nacional Podocarpus, Cerro Toledo,Elfin Forest, Blacklight 2 × 15W (70), 04°23.13'S, 79°07.11'W, 6.II. 2013, 19.00-22.00 h, 2938 m, Gunnar Brehm leg. / DNA Barcode run 2013, COI-5P marker, University of Guelph / leg sampled in ethanol G. Brehm, Green vial caps / [Arcec 30239] (1 ♂). (4 ♂, 2 ♀, MGCL): Ecuador: Ecuador, Napo + 10 km Papallacta, 2730 m, 13-15 Sep. 1982, coll. N. Venedictoff (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Ecuador, Napo, Cosanga, 2150 m, 1 Feb. 1976, coll. N. Venedictoff (3 ♂). Additional examined specimens (2 ♂, 1 ♀ NJD): Ecuador: Ecuador, Eastern slopes of the Andes, east of Quito near Cosanga, Yanayacu Biological Research Station, 2100 m, 27 Aug. 2013, “YAN13_0136”, N. J. Dowdy (1 ♂); Ecuador, Eastern slopes of the Andes, east of Quito near Cosanga, Yanayacu Biological Research Station, 2100 m, 27 Aug. 2013, “YAN13_0056”, N. J. Dowdy (1 ♂); Ecuador, Eastern slopes of the Andes, east of Quito near Cosanga, Yanayacu Biological Research Station, 2100 m, 27 Aug. 2013, “YAN13_0072”, N. J. Dowdy (1 ♀).

Etymology.

The name is in honor of a great lepidopterist, Dr. Gunnar Brehm, who loaned some specimens for this research.

Diagnosis.

Oculicattus brehmi is the smallest species in this genus; pattern formed by relative pale, thin markings. Orbicular spot small, black. There V-shaped mark at the base of CuA2 is small. Male genitalia have a tapered cucullar region, wider at the base; the saccus smaller and more tapered than in other species, and the saccular process is the second shortest in the genus with only O. uturunku being shorter than O. brehmi .

Description.

Head. Wide, palp large, with last segment marbled in light yellow and black; frons pale yellowish gray; female similar to male, even in coloration. Thorax. Covered with dark sulfur-yellow scales and with small gray spots on dorsum. Wing. Pale yellow with pattern of thin dark gray lines; forewing length: male 16-18 mm; female: 21-23 mm; forewing with thin dots and stripes forming lines; lunate marking in reniform spot narrowly outlined by a thin yellow line; orbicular spot black, small; V-shaped mark at base of CuA2 small; hindwing with fringe yellow with long yellow lines between veins terminally. Leg. Prothoracic leg brown with joints pale yellow; mesothoracic legs marbled in brown and yellow, tarsi brown with each joint yellow; metathoracic legs yellow. Abdomen. Pale yellow with dorsal area gray; dorsal tufts sulfur-yellow along middle of abdomen, smaller on A1-A2, whereas A5-A8 are wide and combined with gray scales. Male genitalia. Cucullus tapered with small rounded apex and base wide, heavily covered with setae; sacculus wide with process long and densely clothed with setae; saccus V-shaped, and more narrowly tapered towards the end; juxta wide deeply concave posteriorly,, with the outer edges sharply pointed; tegumen wide; aedeagus 1 ¼ × length of vesica to medial cluster of spines; vesica with small patch of spines near middle; apical part of vesica bulbous, with large tapered patch of spines on each side. Female genitalia. anal papilla rounded posteriorly; posterior apophysis ⅓ × longer than anal papilla; anterior apophysis ⅔ × shorter than posterior apophysis; sterigma crescent moon shaped; corpus bursae ¼ × longer than appendix bursae.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

This species has been recorded only in Ecuador (Fig. 95).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Holotype (Fig. 52) and paratypes are in good condition; specimens from NJD were soaked in 100% ethanol with only the wings in good condition; they were kept in - 80 °C for molecular DNA analyses, so they are not included with the type series.