Triplocania sarriae n. sp. Female

(Figs 347–352)

Diagnosis. Related to T. otunquimbayaensis n. sp., from which it differs in the shape of the areola postica, in having the forewing M forked only once, and in having the ninth sternum distinct, with the posterior processes longer (Fig. 352).

Color (in 80% ethanol). Body pale brown. Compound eyes brown; ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Head pale brown, pattern (Fig. 349); genae ochre; antennae with scape and pedicel pale brown. Maxillary palps pale brown, Mx4 darker distally. Thorax pale brown. Legs pale brown, coxae cream. Forewing pattern (Fig. 347). Hindwings mostly hyaline, pattern as illustrated (Fig. 348). Abdomen pale cream, with subcuticular brown spots. Subgenital plate cream, with pale brown, V-shaped pigmented area; IX sternum dark brown, with sides more pigmented; gonapophyses pale brown; clunium brown; paraprocts and epiproct pale brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head (Fig. 349): H/MxW: 1.65; H/D: 2.56, IO/MxW: 0.65, MxW/IO: 2.41. Vertex emarginate, slightly above the upper border of the compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tip broad, with five denticles. Mx4/Mx2: 1.20. Forewings (Fig. 347): L/W: 2.58, pterostigma: lp/wp: 5.13; areola postica high, la/ha: 1.77, Cu1a gently concave. Hindwings (Fig. 348): l/w: 2.94. Subgenital plate (Fig. 351) triangular, densely setose. Gonapophyses (Fig. 352): v1 elongate, stout, acuminate, about 2/3 the length of v2 +3; this proximally wide, with short heel, four setae on v2; distal process long, straight, acuminate, with microsetae. IX sternum (Fig. 352). Paraprocts (Fig. 350) triangular, posterior margin widely rounded, with setae as illustrated; sensory fields with 28 trichobothria on basal rosettes. Epiproct triangular (Fig. 350), with anterior border slightly concave in the middle; setae as illustrated.

Measurements. FW: 4425, HW: 3085, F: 1175, T: 1900, t1: 875, t2: 75, t3: 150, Mx4: 300, ctt1: 28, IO: 425, D: 420, d: 302, IO/d: 1.40, PO: 0.72.

Material studied. Holotype female. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca. Buenaventura, Alto Anchicayá, 3º26’N: 76º48’W, 900 m., 17.VII.2001, S. Sarria. Malaise trap. MAH .

Etymology. This species is dedicated to Stella Sarria, biologist of the Natural National Park Farallones, collector of the holotype.