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Paramiana new species 1 Diagnosis: Paramiana new species 1 is the dullest and least distinctive species of the smaragdina species group. The forewing is dull gray-black and lacks the green colors of smaragdina and new species 2. Green scales are present in the basal area and the outer third of the forewing past the postmedial line. However these green scales are dull and generally washed out in gray and certainly are not distinctively present. The antemedial line is double, light gray-brown and contains three scallops, one near the costa, a second in the middle of the wing, and a third near the inner margin. A claviform spot is present, ovate, and defined by a fine black line, but is never distinctive. A slightly darker patch of scales is present on the postmedial line opposite the claviform mark. A fine, black medial line is present, but never conspicuous. The orbicular mark is a small round circle, weakly defined by a black line, lighter than the surrounding median area except for a dark central dot. The reniform mark is kidney shaped and lighter than the surrounding median area. The reniform mark usually has two white spots at its upper end, and two at its lower end, although the strength of these four dots is variable between specimens. The area between the postmedial and subterminal lines is very vaguely suffused with gray-green scales, but these scales are never distinctly green as in new species 2 and smaragdina. The subterminal line is light and vague and marked with obscure black triangles on its inner side on the veins. The hindwing is dull white suffused with gray. The postmedial line is a light, irregular line most strongly marked in females because it contrasts more strongly with the darker female hindwing. Wing length: mean = 14.13 mm, standard deviation = 0.58 mm, n = 10. Adults have been collected in August. Distribution: Paramiana new species 1 is known only from the Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountains of Cochise county in south-eastern Arizona. The female hindwing is darker than the male. Old specimens tend to become lighter than fresh material. The amount of white in the forewing reniform mark is slightly variable, but not conspicuously so. Note: Only a single old specimen is in the USNM. A nice series of new specimens are in the Cornell University Collection collected by John G. Franclemont. Identification Quality: Excellent Larva: Unknown Foodplants: Unknown
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Paramiana
new species 1
This species is each distinguished from smaragdina and Paramiana new species 2 by the absence of distinct, metallic green forewing scales. Worn specimens of all three species, however, can be difficult to separate because the green scales of these latter two species tend to become indistinct. Paramiana new species 1 is easily separated from marina and Paramiana new species 4 by the size difference, i.e. new species 1 is much larger than either of these two species. Paramiana callaisata is a much more uniform black species with a conspicuous white reniform mark. The genitalia of Paramiana new species 1 are close to those of smaragdina and new species 2, the two species most likely to be confused with it. The corpus bursae of Paramiana new species 1 is more elongate and less ovate than that of new species 2 and the appendix is bursa is longer, approximately twice as long as wide versus as long as wide in new species 2. The sclerotized bulla is located near the intersection of the ductus bursae and corpus bursae in Paramiana new species 1, but is more cephalad in new species 2. The male genitalia are nearly identical, although the larger mass of spine-like cornuti is more diffuse in Paramiana new species 2 than in Paramiana new species 1. The female genitalia of Paramiana new species 1 and smaragdina are nearly identical. However the ductus bursae is relatively narrower and longer in smaragdina than in new species 1. The band-like signum of Paramiana new species 1 is well developed and located near the left-cephalad side (in the ventral orientation of the figures) of the corpus bursae. The signum of smaragdina, in contrast, is less well developed and located near the central-cephalad end of the corpus bursae. The male genitalia of smaragdina and Paramiana new species 1 are easily separable. The clasper is usually much narrower in smaragdina than in new species 1. The spine-bearing diverticulum of the vesica is much smaller in smaragdina than in new species 1and bears only two spines in smaragdina, but usually five spines in new species 1. |
Similar Species
Paramiana smaragdina
Paramiana new species 2
Paramiana marina
Paramiana new species 4 |
