Hagnagora croceitincta (Dognin, 1892)

Brehm, Gunnar, 2015, Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus, ZooKeys 537, pp. 131-156 : 140

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Geometridae

Hagnagora croceitincta (Dognin, 1892) Figs 15-17

epimena (Bastelberger, 1908): Type locality. Peru (east), Cuschi [Cushi]

Type locality.

[Ecador, (south)], Loja surroundings.

Remarks.

Hagnagora croceitincta was described by Dognin from southern Ecuador where it has recently been collected in montane forests ( Brehm 2002). As one of the largest known Hagnagora species, it is conspicuously coloured, with orange, dark brown and white patterns. The taxon epimena (Bastelberger) remains in synonymy because the lectotype specimen (Fig. 16) does not show any particular differences to the type specimen of Hagnagora croceitincta (Fig. 15).

Distribution.

Recently collected and barcoded specimens were sampled from central Colombia to southeastern Peru at elevations between 1750 and 2540 m a.s.l.

Diagnosis.

On average larger than the closely related species Hagnagora clustimena and Hagnagora mirandahenrichae : Forewing length of the female holotype reaches 23 mm in comparison to about 20 mm in the other species. On the forewing, the white transversal blotch does not stretch to the costal margin as seen in the other two species, and the apical, dark-brown area reaches beyond veins 1A+2A. The species is also generally more vividly coloured than the other species in this clade, with white spots on the forewing between veins CuA2 and 1A+2A and around M3 on the upperside of the hindwing. COI barcode: The minimum observed distance to the presumably most closely related species ( Hagnagora mirandahenrichae ) is 7.1%.