Agrotis benitezi León, 2010

Blas, Germán San, 2014, Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae): a systematic analysis of South American species, Zootaxa 3771 (1), pp. 1-64 : 23

Agrotis benitezi León, 2010

( Figs 16, 17 , 52 , 70 , 83 , 100 )

Agrotis benitezi León , in León et al., 2010: 330, figs 1, 5–7. Holotype: ♂ Chile, VII región, Paso Internacional Pehuenche, 2500m, 1–15-I-1996 (R. Badilla coll.) (UCCC). Examined. Allotype: ♀ Chile, VII región, Paso Internacional Pehuenche, 2500m, 1–15-I-1996 (R. Badilla coll.) (UCCC). Examined. Paratypes: 2 ♂ ♀ Chile, VII región, Paso Internacional Pehuenche, 2500m, 1–15-I-1996 (R. Badilla coll.) (UCCC), 3 ♂ 16–30-III-1996 (R. Badilla coll.) (UCCC), 2 ♂ 1–15-I- 1997 (R. Badilla coll.) (UCCC); 2 ♂ ♀ 16–30-I-1997 (R. Badilla coll.) (UCCC). Examined.

Diagnosis. Agrotis benitezi differs from other South American species of Agrotis by the following combination of characters: 1) tegulum lighter than thorax; 2) forewing subterminal line light brown; 3) basal and antemedial lines double, postmedial line single; 4) in male genitalia vesica 2–3 × as long as aedeagus; and 5) basal spined band present.

Redescription. Male ( Figs 16 , 52 , 70 ). Female ( Figs 17 , 83 ). (see León et al., 2010: 330). Distribution. Restricted to Chile, Region VII, Pehuenche border crossing ( Fig. 100 ).

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 23. Adults of Agrotis species, edmondsi - group. 16, A. benitezi, holotype, ♂. 17, A. benitezi, allotype, ♀. 18 – 19, A. leonoides, ♂. 20 – 21, A. leonoides, ♀. 22 – 23, A. edmondsi, ♂. Actual size.

FIGURES 46 – 55. Male genitalia of Agrotis species, edmondsi - group. 46, A. steniptera. 47, A. propriens. 48, A. bistrigata. 49, A. dispar. 50, A. peruviana. 51, A. elegans. 52, A. benitezi. 53, A. leonoides. 54, A. edmondsi. 55, A. leucovenata.

FIGURES 64 – 73. Male genitalia aedeagus of Agrotis species, edmondsi - group. 64, A. steniptera. 65, A. propriens. 66, A. bistrigata. 67, A. dispar. 68, A. peruviana. 69, A. elegans. 70, A. benitezi. 71, A. leonoides. 72, A. edmondsi. 73, A. leucovenata.

FIGURES 81 – 86. Female genitalia of Agrotis species, edmondsi - group. 81, A. bistrigata. 82, A. elegans. 83, A. benitezi. 84, A. leonoides. 85, A. edmondsi. 86, A. leucovenata.

FIGURES 100 – 105. Distribution map of Agrotis species, edmondsi - and fausta - group. 100, A. benitezi. 101, A. leonoides. 102, A. edmondsi. 103, A. leucovenata. 104, A. experta. 105.