Hagnagora buckleyi Druce, 1885

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 : 135

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Geometridae

Hagnagora buckleyi Druce, 1885 Figs 2, 3

Type locality.

Ecuador, Intaj [possibly Intag, Imbabura province].

Remarks.

Druce (1885a) described Hagnagora buckleyi and Hagnagora lex . The upper- and undersides of the wings in Hagnagora buckleyi are very similar, with the colour of the hindwings generally being paler. The forewings feature a deep orange transversal band on a dark brown background, and the hindwings show metallic blue fields between the veins, with three located on the upperside between M3 and CuA2 and one in the cell, and eight between all veins on the underside. The pattern of the female is similar, with the blue fields extending further on the forewing, including the blotch between veins CuA2 and A. In the female, metallic blue scales are also present at the base of the forewing at both the wing upper- and underside.

Distribution.

North-western Ecuador.

Diagnosis.

The largest species of the clade. The extension of the blue fields is significantly larger than in Hagnagora lex . The orange transversal band on the forewing is more saturated and more rounded than in Hagnagora catagrammina . Form and extension of the metallic blue blotches are different from those in Hagnagora catagrammina (Figs 2-3, 5-6).