Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Geometridae

Hagnagora acothysta (Schaus, 1901) stat. rev. Fig. 28

Type locality.

[Brazil], Parana, Castro.

Remarks.

Together with jamaicensis, Schaus (1901) originally placed this species in the genus Heterusia . It was then ranked down as a subspecies of mortipax by Parsons et al . (1999). The major characteristic of acothysta is the reduction of the white transversal band (found both in mortipax and jamaicensis) to a smaller blotch that reaches about half the area found in mortipax . As in jamaicensis, further evidence from barcoding is desirable for the consolidation of the species status.

Distribution.

Brazil.

Diagnosis.

Unlike mortipax and jamaicensis, this species shows no white transversal band on the forewing, but rather a reduced blotch that reaches only about 50% of the size observed in mortipax .