Leucanella of Colombia

As of this writing, February 14, 2013, there are six Leucanella species/subspecies recorded for Colombia.

I have added some species for which I have no official reports, but feel these would be present in the low lying areas of eastern Colombia, in areas where little or no collecting has been done. The unconfirmed species have either been reported in Loreto or Amazonas, Peru, or in Sucumbios or Orellana, Ecuador.

Leucanella pink forewing ground colour Leucanella flammans Transverse line much narrower than in other two species yellow veins less prominent Colombia: Valle del Cauca, ? Meta, Nariono Ecuador: Esmeraldas, Pichincha, Canar Leucanella pink forewing ground colour Leucanella apollinairei 80-85, 98-104mm; 1000-1400m upper yellow bar wider than darker lower bar of transverse line hindwing ocellus larger than in christbrechlinae Colombia: Meta, ?? Amazonas, Putamayo Peru: Loreto, Amazonas, Cusco, Madre de Dios; ? San Martin, ??? Huanuco, Pasco, Junin Leucanella pink forewing ground colour Leucanella christbrechlinae mfl: 39-43 (6); ffl: 48mm (1) 700-1200m upper yellow bar narrower than darker lower bar of transverse line hindwing ocellus smaller than in apollinairei Madre de Dios, Junin, Pasco unconfirmed Leucanella pink forewing ground colour I think it will be difficult to determine the two species to the right (above) if just the forewings are visible. Possibly apollinairei flies at slightly higher elevations and further north in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela Some of the location data for apollinairei may be in error as older records for the unrecognized christbrechlinae may have been incorporated into apollinaire files. Brechlin and Meister indicate Lemaire's items 4 and 5 on Plate 121, Hemileucinae, 2002, are actually christbrechlinae.

Leucanella greatly produced apex broadly pre-apical pm line Leucanella newmani 69-85, 83-84mm; 70 - 1500m falcate forewings gc: olive grey cell slightly darker pm line preapical, concave am line perpendicular to i. m. both lines with pale yellow on facing sides hw gc: smokey grey-beige single pupil narow pale yellow ring thin black ring Loreto unconfirmed Leucanella greatly produced apex broadly pre-apical pm line Leucanella maasseni 63-83, 81-97mm; 175-1500m elongated, falcate forewing concave outer margin postmedial line very preapical lines with yellow on facing sides yellow-orange eyespot ring, undulate toward outer margin hw gc: light grey-brown, purplish pupil with white streak or generous white suffusion Huanuco, Cusco, Madre de Dios unconfirmed Leucanella greatly produced apex broadly pre-apical pm line Leucanella maandensis unconfirmed

Leucanella greatly produced apex moderately pre-apical pm line Leucanella verdiana unconfirmed

Leucanella greatly produced apex

Leucanella moderately produced apex slightly pre-apical pm line Leucanella bonillensis 79-82mm; 1500m Boyaca: Muzo

Leucanella apex slightly produced pm line slightly preapical Leucanella contempta contempta 82-103, 109-111mm; 600-2800m apex slightly produced, pointed pm line slightly preapical dark, inwardly lined with yellow large eyespot, multiple pupils narow black and yellow rings San Martin, Huanuco, Junin, Madre de Dios; Puno Leucanella apex slightly produced, pm line slightly preapical Leucanella apex slightly produced, pm line slightly preapical Leucanella nyctimene 90-100mm, 113mm; 2700 - 3300m western Columbia: Cundinamarca, Cauca, Nariono, Risaralda (formerly part of Caldas)

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