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![Phrygionis incolorata - Incolorata Moth (Prout, 1910) Lepidoptera: Bombycina: Geometroidea: Geometridae: Ennominae: Baptini
31th of October, 2018 announcement. I have never done this before in my posts but this time it will be different - Brazil is undergoing a process that may decide the fate of the entire planet as its lungs are located here. The new president of Brazil wants to merge the Ministry of Agriculture with the Ministry of the Environment, two antagonical sectors. If this happens, the impacts will be great worldwide. Sign this petition to stop it: https://peticaopublica.com.br/psign.aspx?pi=BR108740&fbclid=IwAR1_lnYiiXxof5Ec5Ve5NFrV2u4Ijt6GJsRIcfSm5Ee5ZimGvTWG9EySJ5M
Date of the picture: 10th of November, 2017 at 08:25:34pm.
Location: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Benedito Novo (Lat: -26.769057719280113, Long: -49.362608622009475, Accuracy in meter: 4.265954219920082)
Wingspan: 16 - 18mm
Sex: Possibly ♀
Phrygionis incolorata is a species of moth in the order Lepidoptera, subdivision Bombycina, superfamily Geometroidea, family Geometridae, subfamily Ennominae and tribe Baptini. Based on what is seen on the antennae and description below this is a female, but no assurance is given.
MORPHOLOGY AND A BIT OF THE ANATOMY FOR ACADEMICS:
Wingspan lies between 16mm - 18mm. Base of forewings made of a yellow metallic transverse band outlined by a black border. Postbasal area containing a longer yellow metallic transverse band outlined in black and the costa segment has a black spot and a yellow stripe going towards the base. Discal area next to the costa contains a black, medium dot and a yellow metallic stripe connecting the previous yellow band with the next in the postdiscal segment. Postdiscal segment has a large and long yellow metallic transverse band outlined in black that has continuity with the hindwings until the costa. Marginal area of the forewings with a fine yellow metallic band outlined in black on both sides with continuity until the apex of the hindwings and broken in the tornus by an ocellus. The overall coloring of the moth is brown. The genus has apomorphy in the male genitalia which is prominent, usually forked and a posterior extension of the juxta. The female genitalia has a signum as a dentate disc, hollow or not, or signum-absent. Antennae bipectinate in males and simple filiform in females. Front of the head is very narrow in males, but this information needs confirmation. Usually, members of the genus itself have three metallic-edged transverse bands on the forewings. The postdiscal band is more distinct and follows Oudeman's Principle as described. The hindwings has one or two small dark spots at the outer margin near or at vein M3. Forewings lack fovea and veins Sc and R1 meet to form a secondary cell. These spots may present themselves as partially metallic. The outer margin of the hindwings tend to be sharply angled or rounded. Tympanal cavity contains a well-developed sac extending from the wall. 6th tergite of the male abdomen may contain hair scale tufts, absent in a few species.
ENDS HERE
I could find close to no information on these moths. According to a source provided below, the genus is distributed as such:
Mexico; Guatemala; Belize; Honduras (Scoble); Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; USA Virgin I. (Scoble); Guadeloupe (Herbulot, http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Produits/PAPILLON/geometri/texteng/geometri.htm); Dominica; Martinique; Trinidad; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; French Guyana; Ecuador (Scoble); Peru; Brazil; Bolivia; Paraguay (Scoble); Argentina; Uruguay (Scoble); [USA: Texas (Scoble), and Florida].
Host plants MAY include Rampanea umberallis (Myrsinaceae) but this definitely needs confirmation.
Neotropical Ennominae members are significant components of tropical forests. The caterpillars feed on leaves of trees and shrubs. Attracted to lights, only the cycle of P. polita was described: http://livros01.livrosgratis.com.br/cp036346.pdf
Phrygionis incolorata's behavior, lifecycle, feeding habits and reproduction remains to be known and recorded. What is known, however, is that P. incolorata are of nocturnal activity.
The genus itself bears close resemblance to Pityeja and Opisthoxia, and must not be mistaken.
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/135/2-3/121/2629570
http://eol.org/pages/442349/overview Animalia,Arthropoda,Arthropods,Baptini,Bombycina,Brazil,GEOMETROIDEA,Geometrid Moth,Insecta,Insects,Lepidoptera,Moth,Phrygionis incolorata,South America,animal,animals,arthropod,ennominae,geometridae,insect](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3305/68529_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1551312010&Signature=UTB48oo3%2BzybsPq2xUkMgnm9Wyg%3D)
Phrygionis incolorata - Incolorata Moth (Prout, 1910) -
Micrathena sagittata ventral -
Mecaphesa asperata -
Neither up nor down -
Mania (ex: Nothus; Sematura) empedocles (Cramer, 1782) -
![Mictopsichia hubneriana - Mictopsichia Moth (Stoll, 1787) Lepidoptera: Apoditrysia: Tortricoidea: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: New Tribe 3
Wingspan: ~20mm
Date: 15th of July, 2018 at 10:01:21am
Location: Brazil, Ceará, Itambé, Caucaia (Lat: 3.7145720415566794, Long: 38.6436581611905, Accuracy in meters: 152.5655732164612)
Mictopsichia is a genus of moth in the order Lepidoptera, subdivision Apoditrysia, superfamily Tortricoidea, family Tortricidae, subfamily Tortricinae and in a new tribe with no known name to me in which only the genus Mictopsichia is in.
Some entities still place them under the subfamily Chlidanotinae as can be seen in the sources further down. This classification is wrong.
Found in a national reserve open to visitors with plenty of wild vegetations.
This moth seems to be rare and I'm not going to suggest an accurate overall wingspan because the adults possess great size variations, with up to 2 - 3mm in difference. The subject portrayed measured around 20mm in wingspan and I have no way to confirm this. Synonyms to this moth include Phalaena (Tortrix) hubneriana (Stoll, in Cramer, 1791) and Mictopsichia hubnerana (Hübner, [1825]). So far, they are known to be distributed in Bolivia, Brazil, Panama (https://flic.kr/p/HDK9Hy) and Guyana. Type-species is Phalaena hubneriana (Stoll, 1787) and the current scientific name of this moth seems to be a tribute to Jacob Hübner.
I could find no more informations about this moth in the literature. The moth has short antennae with a clearly visible head and large compound eyes. The antennae are yellowish-orange. The entirety of the forewings and hindwings of the moth is iridescent, glimmering and colorful, presenting shades of yellow, orange, brown, red, black and, perhaps, blue. Patterns are complex and hard to describe.
Their distribution status in Brazil is: Recife, Pernambuco; Caseara, Tocantins; Ceará, Itambé, Caucaia. This distribution status is most likely lacking.
Recife, Pernambuco specimen: https://www.flickr.com/photos/douglashamelo/15435880311
Caseara, Tocantins specimen: http://borboletaskmariposas.blogspot.com/2014/08/mictopsichia-hubneriana-stoll-1787.html?spref=pi
The Ceará specimen is the subject portrayed.
I could also find these specimens in iNaturalist:
https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/706600-Mictopsichia-hubneriana/browse_photos
Chlidonatinae as subfamily, a wrong classification due to the informal source and the existence of more reliable sources available listing them under a new tribe in Tortricinae: https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mictopsichia_pentargyra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mictopsichia_hubneriana
http://eol.org/pages/950478/overview Animalia,Arthropoda,Arthropods,Brazil,Geotagged,Insecta,Insects,Lepidoptera,Mictopsichia,Mictopsichia hubneriana,Moth,New Tribe 3,Tortricidae,Tortricinae,Tortricoidea,animal,animals,arthropod,brazilian moths,heterocera](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3305/67199_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1551312010&Signature=rBTnSHh3tuAu3x5SHjK9ji%2FRI7s%3D)
Mictopsichia hubneriana - Mictopsichia Moth (Stoll, 1787) -
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