Leichosila wagneri Schmidt, 2009

Schmidt, Christian, 2009, A new genus and two new species of arctiine tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica, ZooKeys 9 (9), pp. 89-96 : 95

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.9.151

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3792320

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/98429FDA-3B9D-44BA-8259-6D83D11CFFBB

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:98429FDA-3B9D-44BA-8259-6D83D11CFFBB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Leichosila wagneri Schmidt
status

sp. nov.

Leichosila wagneri Schmidt , sp. n.

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( Figs. 2 View Figures 1-2 , 4 View Figures 3-5 , 7 View Figures 6-9 )

Type material. Holotype male – “C[osta]. RICA: Heredia: / 6 km ENE Vara Blanca , / 1950-2050m, 10°11’N / 84 07’W; 15 ii 2002 / David L. Wagner coll”; “INBio-OET- ALAS / transect / 20/L/01/011”; “Project / ALAS / INB0003216237”; “ HOLOTYPE / Leichosila / wagneri / Schmidt” [red label]; “Genitalia / CNC slide # / 14541”; deposited in INBIO. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Distinguished from L. talamanca by the smaller size and darker colouration of L. wagneri , and by the genitalic characters given under the diagnosis for L. talamanca .

Description. A detailed description is given above in the genus description. Characters specific to L. wagneri are as follows: Male (female unknown). Forewing – length 13.4 (n = 1); ground colour dark grey. Hindwing – ground colour dark grey, with indistinct, irregular dark grey subterminal spots and medial spot. Male genitalia – Uncus parallelsided basally, then tapering apically, i. e. bottle-shaped in dorsal profile ( Fig. 7 View Figures 6-9 ); vesica with left diverticulum of two ventro-basal diverticula conical and pointed ( Fig. 4b View Figures 3-5 ).

Etymology. This species is named after David L. Wagner, who collected the type specimen, and whose studies continue to vastly improve our knowledge of the larval biology of North American Lepidoptera .

Distribution and biology. Leichosila wagneri is known only from the type specimen, collected in high elevation forest (1950-2050 m) on Volcán Barva (Cordillera Central) in mid February.

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Leichosila

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