Cicadoforma ocelotus, Martinez, 2020

Martinez, Jose I., 2020, Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 985, pp. 71-126 : 71

Cicadoforma ocelotus sp. nov. Figs 2 , 13-15 , 21 , 59 , 80 , 92

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Colombia: Colombia, Santander road Duitama-Charala, 5°58'13 ’’ N, 73°10'07 ’’ W, 15-17.III.2016, 2900 m, leg Sinyaev & Machado, coll. Dr. Ron Brechlin / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049088. [DNA voucher MGCL-NOC-65272] deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (6 ♂, 2 ♀, MGCL): Colombia: same collecting data as holotype (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Colombia, Boyacá Arcabuco, Vereda Peñas Blancas, 2670 m, 5°47'05 ’’ N, 73°26'17 ’’ W, 18-22.II.2015; Sinyaev, M. Márquez & J. Machado, coll. Dr. Ron Brechlin (1 ♂); Colombia, Boyacá Arcabuco, Vereda Peñas Blancas, 2670 m, 5°47'05 ’’ N, 73°26'17 ’’ W, 20-22.IV.2015; Sinyaev, M. Márquez & J. Machado, coll. Dr. Ron Brechlin (1 ♂); Colombia, Boyacá Provincia del Norte road 55 Susacon - Santa Rosita, 3050 m, 6°10'40"N, 72°43'37"W, 27-28. IV.2017, V. Sinyaev (2 ♂); Colombia, Quindío W of Salento, 1950 m, 4°38'25"N, 75°34'46"W, 9-10.III.2017, V. Sinyaev (1 ♂, 1 ♀).

Etymology.

The species name ocelotus is derived from the characteristic yellowish orange coloration on its body, reminiscent of the color of an ocelot.

Diagnosis.

Cicadoforma ocelotus can be distinguished from its only congener, C. vau-nigrum , by its remarkably brighter ground color, its larger orbicular spot, and shorter space between forewing veins R3 and R4. The valva of the male genitalia of C. ocelotus have concave outer margins, in contrast with the straight margin of C. vau-nigrum .

Description.

Head. Palp short with a combination of black, yellow, and orange scales; ground color of frons orange or yellow with scattered black hair-like scales; antenna dark brown. Thorax. Yellow or orange with small spots scattered throughout dorsum. Wings. Forewing length: male 19-21 mm; female 25-27 mm; forewing yellow or orange scales covering veins and margins with semi-hyaline areas between them; subterminal line slightly visible; basal, antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines poorly developed, present only as small black dots on veins; reniform spot narrow with top and bottom surrounded by black scales and a small black dot in middle; orbicular spot small, elongated; female with antemedial, medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines slightly defined; reniform and orbicular spots similar to those of male; R4 almost entirely black; black V-shaped marking at base of CuA2; hindwing semi-hyaline with yellow or orange veins paler than forewing; fringe composed of short yellow or orange hair-like scales except on posterior margin, which has long, pale-yellow scales. Leg. Yellow or orange with some irregular brown spots that decrease in number from prothoracic legs to metathoracic legs. Abdomen. Covered by brownish orange scales that are paler than those of thorax; brown tufts in A2-A7 with tips with same color as remainder of abdomen. Male genitalia. Cucullus wide, lobe narrow; lobe apex rounded; apex clothed with short setae that expand over entire costal margin; sacculus base narrow; saccus relatively long, V-shaped; tegumen fairly flat; juxta U-shaped on upper side; aedeagus 3 ¾ × longer than wide with opening to vesica same width as aedeagus; vesica 1 ½ × longer than aedeagus with a patch of spines on upper side with some conspicuous basal spines. Female genitalia. Anal papilla wide, petal shaped, clothed with relatively long setae; A8 membranous, relatively short; posterior apophysis almost same length as anal papilla; sterigma enlarged, lightly sclerotized, fused above ostium; anterior apophysis ⅞ × shorter than posterior apophyses; ductus bursae short, strongly sclerotized and wide; posterior ¾ of appendix bursae strongly sclerotized, remainder including corpus bursae unsclerotized; corpus bursae 1 ¼ × longer than the appendix bursae.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

This species is only known from northern Colombia from moderate elevations from 2000-3000 m, especially in cloud forests (Fig. 92 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

This species is the only one in the genus group that has two different phenotypic variations, a yellow form, and an orange form, possibly due to elevation or seasonality (Figs 13-15 , 21 ).

Figures

Figure 92. Distribution of examined specimens of the genera Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus.

Figures 2 - 7. Adult head structure 2 Cicadoforma ocelotus, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 3 Cicadomorphus falkasiska, MGCL, Pasco, Peru 4 Gaujonia kanakusika, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 5 Gaujoptera amsa, MGCL, Cotapata, Bolivia 6 Millerana cajas, MGCL, Azuay, Ecuador 7 Oculicattus renifera, MGCL, Cusco, Peru.

Figures 12 - 25. Adult habitus of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 12 Cicadoforma vau-nigrum, ♂, CNC, Tovar, Venezuela 13 C. ocelotus, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 14 C. ocelotus, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Boyaca, Colombia 15 C. ocelotus, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Quindio, Colombia 16 Cicadomorphus lilianae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 17 C. chuya, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 18 C. falkasiska, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 19 C. chicharra, ♂, holotype, MGCL, San Rosa, Bolivia 20 C. vau-nigrum, ♀, CNC, El Junquito, Venezuela 21 C. ocelotus, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 22 C. lilianae, ♀, paratype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 23 C. chuya, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Cochabamba, Bolivia 24 C. falkasiska, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 25 C. falkasiska, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru.

Figures 59 - 63. Male genitalia of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 59 Cicadoforma ocelotus, holotype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 60 Cicadomorphus chuya, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 61 C. falkasiska, holotype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 62 C. lilianae, holotype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 63 C. chicharra, holotype, MGCL, San Rosa, Bolivia.

Figures 80 - 84. Female genitalia of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 80 Cicadoforma ocelotus, paratype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 81 C. vau-nigrum, CNC, El Junquito, Venezuela 82 Cicadomorphus lilianae, paratype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 83 C. falkasiska, paratype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 84 C. chuya, paratype, MGCL, Cochabamba, Bolivia.