Rejectaria villavicencia Dognin, 1924 New species in Rejectaria Guenée (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Herminiinae) with a focus on the Cyclanthaceae-feeders Goldstein, Paul Z. Janzen, Daniel H. Hallwachs, Winnie Proshek, Benjamin Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-07 5087 3 451 483 Dognin, 1924 Dognin 1924 [151,606,1410,1437] Insecta Noctuidae Rejectaria Animalia Lepidoptera 5 456 Arthropoda species villavicencia  Habitus Figs 9, 11–12, 33–34, 41. Male genitalia Figs 49–50, 61–64. Female genitalia Figs 88, 96. Larva Figs 105, 107.    Rejectaria villavicencia  Dognin, 1924, Hétérocéres nouveaux de l’Amerique du Sud15: 4, Type locality: Colombia: Villavicencio ( Holotype ♂, USNM)   Material examined. Type material:   Holotype ♂.  COLOMBIA: Type No.32293 U.S.N.M.; Villavicencio Colombia IX-18,  Rejectaria villavicenciaDogn.type ♂, USNMENT0973787 USNMslide 148642  Other material.   COSTA RICA. Alajuela, Area de Conservacion  Guanacaste( 4♂♂, 2♀♀):   1♂, Sector San Cristobal: Sendero Corredor, 10.87868, -85.38963, el.  620m, larva on  Cyclanthus bipartitus,  08/18/2006, ecl.  09/20/2006, Gloria Sihezar, collector, 06-SRNP-6834, USNMENT01493395, USNMslide 148571;  1♂, Sector San Cristobal: Sendero Palo Alto, 10.88186, -85.38221, el.  570m, larva on  Cyclanthus bipartitus, 11/23/2004, ecl. 12/31/2004, Gloria Sihezar, collector, 04-SRNP-61056, USNMENT01493499.  1♂, Sector Del Oro: Catarata Orosi, 10.99325, -85.47464, el.  700m, larva on  Cyclanthus bipartitus, 11/29/2003, ecl. 01/02/2004, Roster Moraga, collector, 03-SRNP-37826, USNMENT01493396,  1♂, Sector Pitilla: Sendero Cuestona, 10.99455, -85.41461, el.   640m. larva on  Cyclanthus bipartitus: 08/24/2011, ecl. 10/09/2011, Manuel Rios, collector, 11-SRNP- 32473, USNMENT01493494.  1♀, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Rincon, 10.8962, -85.27769, el.  430m, larva on  Asplundia utilis: 01/02/2005, ecl. 02/01/2005, Jose Perez, collector, 05-SRNP-40000, USNMENT01493454.  1♀, Sector Del Oro: Catarata Orosi, 10.99325, -85.47464, el.  700m, larva on  Cyclanthus bipartitus:  11/29/2003, ecl.  12/30/2003, Roster Moraga, collector, 03-SRNP-37825, USNMENT01493478, USNMslide 148572.   Diagnosis.  Rejectaria villavicenciamay be the largest named species of New World Herminiinae. Both  villavicenciaand  villosaare sexually dimorphic, but  villavicencialess pronouncedly; the paler tannish-brown coloration in the median field of the female FW is more diffuse in  villavicenciathan in  villosa. Male  villavicenciaare slightly larger than male  villosawith more elongate forewings, but the am and pm lines are wavy in both sexes of  villavicencia, whereas the pm line in  villosais straight. The reniform spot in  villavicenciais light brown, larger than that in  villosa, and, in the male of  villavicencia, more clearly divided and circumscribed with a black boundary. The am and st lines in  villavicenciaare discontinuous and less faint than in  villosa, and the terminal line is a series of alternating black and orange-brown curved dashes; all lines reappear in the same configuration on the middle third of the HW, as in  villosa.The male genitalia of  villavicenciaare distinct, with the costal sclerotization terminating less than midway along the costa as a thorn-like projection. The female genitalia, again most similar to those of  villosa, share with that species a laterally produced deformation above the whorled appendix bursa; both share with  magasand  ritaashleyaethe distinct band of signa but the number of serrate hemi-discs differs.  Re-description. Head. ( Figs 33–34, 41) Frons, vertex gray-brown; antennae setose-ciliate; male palpi ( Fig. 33) sweeping over head, with eye-level notch at the acutely angled junction of 1st and 2nd segment; 2 ndsegment broad at base and tapering as it arches over head; 3 rdsegment approximately as long as 2 nd; female palpi ( Fig. 34) incomplete on specimens examined but 2 ndsegment arches gently upward. Thorax. Wings—(males, 30mm, n=5; female, 30mm, n=1[ type]) Sexual dimorphism conspicuous, with paler tannish-brown coloration dominant but diffuse in median field of female FW; reniform spot tannish-orange, outlined in black; bands and coloration continue on hind wings. Legs—( Figs 33–34, 41) Male forefemoral tufts massive; legs more or less uniformly tannish-gray throughout; bands faint, if present.  Abdomen. Gray-brown above, concolorous with ground color of uppersides of wings.  Male genitalia. ( Figs 49–50, 61–64) Uncus elongate, setose, sheepsfoot-shaped; costa rudimentary, sclerotized in basal ~third only, free terminus reduced to a small nub mid-way along the costa, bearing a small setal tuft; vinculum bluntly tapered; small phallic ridge present; vesica multi-lobate; microspines distributed on phallus at base of vesica, concentrated on subbasal lobe and more diffusely throughout lower vesica; localized sclerotization apically. Female genitalia. ( Fig. 88, 96) Ductus bursae elongate with sclerotized bands along most of its length; corpus bursae deformed where it meets ductus, at base of whorled appendix bursae comparable to that of  villosaand  ritaashleyae; well-developed mid-ventral band of micro-spinules ( Fig. 96) on corpus bursae, subparallel to long axis of corpus, punctuated by a series of 14 internal perpendicular ridges comparable to those in  villosa, richardashleyi,  ritaashleyae, and  magas; secondary band of spinules present near junction with ductus bursae.  Immature stages. ( Figs 105, 107) Mature larvae purplish with reddish intersegmental rings; head and prothoracic shield dark brown; spiracles dark, conspicuous.   Etymology.The specific epithet  villavicenciarefers to the typelocality, Villavicencio, Colombia.   Biology.Larvae have been documented feeding on  Cyclanthus bipartitus(5) and  Asplundia utilis(1).   Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica   Remarks.This and the closely related  villosaare the two largest species of New World Herminiinae of which we are aware. We acknowledge the possibility that the reared specimens of  villavicenciafrom Costa Ricarepresent a distinct species from the Colombia holotype, but without the benefit of examining and multiple barcoded specimens, there is no evidence to support the description of a second species. Hence we treat the Costa Rican material as  villavicenciapending the accumulation of more data. 3428543303 [395,534,1551,1575] USNM de l'Amerique du Sud Colombia Colombia 5 456 1 1 holotype 3428543321 USNM Type No. Colombia COLOMBIA 5 456 2 2 holotype 3428543306 [392,932,1724,1751] de Conservacion Costa Rica Area de Conservacion 5 456 1 Alajuela 3428543399 [939,1223,1724,1750] Costa Rica Guanacaste 5 456 6 2 4 Guanacaste 3428543384 [151,1056,1760,1787] Saint Kitts and Nevis 620 10.87868 Sector 1 -85.38963 Sendero Corredor 5 456 1 1 3428543323 2006-08-18 2006-09-20 2006-08-18 USNM Gloria Sihezar Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 456 1 3428543322 [151,1059,1832,1859] Saint Kitts and Nevis 570 10.88186 Sector 1 -85.38221 Sendero Palo Alto 5 456 1 1 3428543392 Saint Kitts and Nevis 700 10.99325 Sector Del Oro 1 -85.47464 Catarata Orosi 5 456 1 1 3428543329 Saint Kitts and Nevis 640 10.99455 Sector Pitilla 1 -85.41461 Sendero Cuestona 5 456 1 1 3428543402 [494,1370,2012,2039] Saint Kitts and Nevis 430 10.8962 Sector Rincon Rain Forest 5 -85.27769 Sendero Rincon 5 456 1 1 3428543339 [151,898,186,213] Saint Kitts and Nevis 700 10.99325 Sector Del Oro 1 -85.47464 Catarata Orosi 6 457 1 1 3428543378 2003-11-29 2003-12-30 2003-11-29 USNM Roster Moraga Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 457 1