A new Andean genus, Lafontaineana, with descriptions of four new species and two new Neotropical species of Panthea (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) Author Martinez, Jose I. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-2729 Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA & Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA joemartinez@ufl.edu Author Schmidt, B. Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4160-7629 Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., K 1 A 0 C 6, Ottawa, ON, Canada Author Miller, Jacqueline Y. Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, FL, USA text ZooKeys 2021 2021-04-06 1028 113 134 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1028.56784 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1028.56784 1313-2970-1028-113 E8106BAE1F8544AA929751392D7BC7DA 037142553FCE5698BDAB70D6DE93D7BD Panthea hondurensis Martinez sp. nov. Figures 18 , 26 Type material. Holotype : ♂, Honduras: Fco. Morazan , Reserva Biologia Monte Uyuca, 1.600 m, 14.034858°, -87.075035°, 16 vii. 2015, coll. D. Matthews & J. Y. Miller / Honduras Biodiversity Survey MGCL Accession, #2015-56 / Barcode MGCL 270947, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, UF. [DNA voucher LEP-75397] deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (1 ♂ MGCL): Same collecting data as holotype. Etymology. This species is named after the only country in which it is known to occur. Diagnosis. Panthea hondurensis is morphologically similar to P. guatemala . Externally, P. hondurensis is slightly smaller and darker with the lunate markings on the reniform spots longer than those of P. guatemala . In the male genitalia, P. hondurensis has wider valves without protuberances at the apex and shorter subuncal lobes. The aedeagus is noticeably shorter. Figures 25-28. Male genitalia of Lafontaineana and Panthea 25 Panthea guatemala , CNC, Oaxaca, Mexico 26 P. hondurensis , MGCL, holotype, Francisco Morazan , Honduras 27 P. taina , MGCL, holotype, La Vega, Dominican Republic 28 P. reducta , ♂, CNC, Pedernales, Dominican Republic. Description. Only known from two male specimens . Head . Male antenna brown and bipectinate; palpus black and dark brown; frons marbled with brown, white, and gray scales. Thorax . Marbled with brown and gray scales forming polygons outlined by black scales. Wing . Forewing length in male 21-23 mm; forewing with the basal, antemedial, and medial lines all in black, while the postmedial line is brown highlighted with gray scales; orbicular spot not present; reniform spot formed by long lunate marking; hindwing whitish brown with dark brown veins; wide well-developed pale-brown discal line, while the medial line is inconspicuous; fringe alternating with black and whitish brown scales; legs black with some dark brown and gray spots. Abdomen . Darker brown than thorax; dorsal and ventral sides black, tergite ends brown; last abdominal segment with long brownish gray scales. Male genitalia . Tegumen narrow; simple valva with narrow cucullar region and flattened apex; saccular region 11/2x wider than the cucullar region; saccular process ending in a Y-shaped clasper; juxta shield-shaped with the upper side concave; uncus tip flattened; subuncal lobes short; aedeagus short, 3 x longer than width; vesica with a small basal diverticulum and a long sclerotized cornutus, second cornutus similar in size located laterally on the central region of the vesica. Figures 29-34. Female genitalia of Lichnoptera and Lafontaineana 29 Lichnoptera gulo , MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 30 Lafontaineana alexandrae , FSU, holotype, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 31 L. imama , MGCL, paratype, Tolima, Colombia 32 L. marmorifera , MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 33 L. puma , CNC, paratype, La Alegria, Ecuador 34 L. thuta , MGCL, paratype, Sucumbios, Ecuador. Genetic characterization. DNA barcodes of Panthea guatemala and P. hondurensis differ by 1%, comparable to differences between other closely related species of the genus ( Schmidt and Anweiler 2020 ) (Fig. 2 ). Distribution. The only two known specimens were found in the cloud forest of south-central Honduras (Fig. 36 ). Remarks. The holotype (Fig. 18 ) and paratype are in perfect condition.