Hypercompe (Hypercompe) albicornis (Grote, 1866) BOLD

Hypercompe (Hypercompe) albicornis (Grote, 1866) BOLD View in CoL :AAZ3012

Material examined

CUBA

1 ♂, GRANMA, Llano del Pino , 15-IV-2018, 3056', 20°00'06" N 77°00'54" W, J. Haxaire leg., in MLC GoogleMaps .

2 ♂, HOLGUIN, Calixto Garcia, Buena Ventura, 200 m N. Loma de Guayabo , Trockenwald, X- 1998, 525m, 20°.57N 75°.74 W, J.P. Rudloff leg., MWM in ZSM. Sample-ID: BEVI1476, BOLD Process-ID: ARCTD171-11 & Sample-ID:BEVI1477, BOLD Process-ID:ARCTD172-11 .

1 ♂, HOLGUIN, Majari, 1883, Gen. ML 2776, Coll. Shafer, in MNHN .

Diagnosis. – This is a small species with rounded wings (male wingspan around 36 mm).

Male description ( Fig.31)

Head white, antennae with the shaft whitish. Tegulae whitish with a black circle. Patagia whitish, lined with black and centred with a small black circle. Thorax whitish with some grey pattern. Abdomen with the first segments hairy and greyish, then black posteriorly and yellow anteriorly. Last segment and anal tuft black. Below the abdomen is dull yellowish with the last segment and anal tuft grey. Forewings slightly translucent, whitish and rounded. The usual pattern of lines of dark spots is here restricted to lines of thin circular black lines, giving a densely ocellate pattern. Hindwings whitish with some blurred dark patches on costa and at the end of cell. A marginal line of 5 to 6 small black ovals starting from apex followed by a short line of 4 small dark spots down to tornus slightly shifted basally. Underside similar to upperside but pattern more contrasted with a yellowish hue on the costa of the four wings.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 32)

Tergite VIII almost triangular with the external side concave in middle. Tegumen almost rectangular, with rounded corners and slightly constricted in middle. Uncus as a large triangle bent ventrally, with a blunt extremity. Valvae almost absent reduced to a small digitate lobe covered with hairs. A very short saccus bent dorsally. Juxta shaped as a wide "X". Aedeagus cylindrical, slightly bent in middle. Caecum penis present, spoon-like. Vesica slightly scobinate with a small lobe dorsally.