Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)

Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 is a Neotropical genus of the largest and most attractive species of their kind. This article aims to characterize two additional species. Rhodochlora rufaria Warren, 1909 is a well-characterized species ranging from Peru to Venezuela. Rhodochlora elias Viidalepp, sp. nov....

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Main Authors: Jaan Viidalepp, Lennart Lennuk, Aare Lindt
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Language:English
Published: Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/1034
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description Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 is a Neotropical genus of the largest and most attractive species of their kind. This article aims to characterize two additional species. Rhodochlora rufaria Warren, 1909 is a well-characterized species ranging from Peru to Venezuela. Rhodochlora elias Viidalepp, sp. nov. has similar wing markings to R. rufaria but differs in the shape of the lateral appendages of the uncus and has an eastern distribution in South America. Anothernew species, Rhodochlora ylle Lindt, sp. nov. from Costa Rica, resembles the western Neotropical Rhodochlora brunneipalpis Warren, 1894 in its wing markings, but again, it is morphologically different, and confined to the fauna of Mesoamerica.
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spelling doaj-art-107c2da158a449a6987f66b69a04f9e42025-08-20T03:32:53ZengSociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de LepidopterologíaSHILAP2340-40782025-03-015320910.57065/shilap.1034Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)Jaan Viidalepp0Lennart Lennuk1Aare Lindt2Estonian University of Life SciencesEstonian Museum of Natural HistoryEstonian Museum of Natural History Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 is a Neotropical genus of the largest and most attractive species of their kind. This article aims to characterize two additional species. Rhodochlora rufaria Warren, 1909 is a well-characterized species ranging from Peru to Venezuela. Rhodochlora elias Viidalepp, sp. nov. has similar wing markings to R. rufaria but differs in the shape of the lateral appendages of the uncus and has an eastern distribution in South America. Anothernew species, Rhodochlora ylle Lindt, sp. nov. from Costa Rica, resembles the western Neotropical Rhodochlora brunneipalpis Warren, 1894 in its wing markings, but again, it is morphologically different, and confined to the fauna of Mesoamerica. https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/1034LepidopteraGeometridaeGeometrinae Rhodochlora vicariant distributions new species
spellingShingle Jaan Viidalepp
Lennart Lennuk
Aare Lindt
Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
SHILAP
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Geometrinae
Rhodochlora
vicariant distributions
new species
title Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
title_full Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
title_fullStr Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
title_full_unstemmed Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
title_short Two new species of Rhodochlora Warren, 1894 of the Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
title_sort two new species of rhodochlora warren 1894 of the neotropics lepidoptera geometridae geometrinae
topic Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Geometrinae
Rhodochlora
vicariant distributions
new species
url https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/1034
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