Published October 15, 2025 | Version v1
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Cibyra endyra C. Mielke 2015

  • 1. Caixa postal 1206, 84.145 - 000 Carambeí, Paraná, Brazil & Research Associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA & cmielke 1 @ uol. com. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0091 - 0840
  • 2. Research Associate, OpenScienceLab, Ngaio, New Zealand & calabar. John @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3119 - 1140
  • 3. Caixa postal 1206, 84.145 - 000 Carambeí, Paraná, Brazil & Estrada das Canjicas, 2500, 07424 - 000, Arujá, São Paulo, Brazil & Caixa postal 1206, 84.145 - 000 Carambeí, Paraná, Brazil & ricardokoike. jp @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6330 - 6416 Corresponding author & Caixa postal 1206, 84.145 - 000 Carambeí, Paraná, Brazil

Description

Cibyra endyra C. Mielke, 2015

Pl. 4: Figs 16 –17, Pl. 11: Fig. 4, Pl. 15: Fig. 10, Pl. 20: Fig. 6

Cibyra endyra: Mielke (2015: 12; figs 1a–b (holotype ♂ dorsal/ventral), 2a–b (♀ female), 14 (holotype ♂ abdominal segment VIII), 15 (holotype ♂ gen.), 16 (holotype phallus), 23 (geographical distribution)); holotype ♂ with the following labels: / Holotypus, Cibyra endyra C. Mielke det. 2014/ 22. I. 2004, Pedra do Baú, São Bento do Sapucaí, 1800 m, SP, Brasil. Pereira leg./ CGCM 9.368 / DZ 15.573/ BC-CGCM [BC-JX215633]/; DZUP (examined).— Grehan et al. (2023: 75).

Diagnosis. This and the previous two species have a similar wing ornamentation and male genitalia, especially the nearly right-angled corner of projection of the posterior portion of the saccus (Pl. 15: Figs 8–10; see arrows). However, some attributes in the male genitalia are diagnostic. In C. endyra the posterior margin of the saccus is clearly V-shaped (Pl. 15: Fig. 10; right arrow), whereas in C. ykeyra and C. hannelore sp. nov., it is concave (Pl. 15: Fig. 8–9). In addition, the tergal lobe of C. endyra is as simple as in C. hannelore sp. nov., while in C. ykeyra, it bears a protrusion mesally (see upper arrow). The genital apparatus is 1.15 to 1.3× larger in C. ykeyra.

Examined material (in total 30 ♂ 2 ♀). Brazil. Same material listed by Mielke (2015): 5 ♂, 1 ♀ (including HT). Minas Gerais. Marmelópolis, Marins, 1519 m: 1 ♂, 28.XII.1997, C. Mielke leg. (CGCM 35.444). São Paulo. Piquete, Barreira de Piquete, 1464 m: 1 ♂, 8.XII.2000, R, Koike leg. (CGCM36.686; CGCM). São José do Barreiro, Bocaina, 1578 m: 1 ♂, 15–25.III.1990, H. Thöny leg. (CGCM 44.413; CGCM). Campos do Jordão, Lavrinhas, 1900 m: 2 ♂, 6.XII.1996, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 32.149, 33.301; CGCM); 1 ♂, 6.II.1996, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 32.384; CGCM); 4 ♂, 6–16.I.1997, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 32.736, 32.745, 32.958, 33.211; CGCM); 1 ♂, 11–13.XII.1997, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 35.320; CGCM); 2 ♂ 1 ♀, 27–28.XII.1997, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 35.358, 35.415, 35.587; CGCM); 6 ♂, 23–24.I.1998, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 35.585, 36.003, 36.042, 36.143, 36.544, 36.581; CGCM); 2 ♂, 2.I.1999, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 39.551, 39.962; CGCM); 2 ♂, 19–27.I.1999, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 38.757, 40.317; CGCM); 1 ♂, 7.XI.2000, R. Koike leg. (CGCM 43.501; CGCM). Campos do Jordão, 1700 m: 1 ♂, 5–12.I.2002, V. O. Becker leg. (CGCM 38.602; CGCM).

Male (Pl. 4: Figs 16, Pl. 11: Fig. 4). Forewing length: 16–25 mm, wingspan: 33–52 mm (see Mielke 2015). Epiphysis absent.

Male genitalia (Pl. 15: Fig. 10, Pl. 20: Fig. 6). For details, see Mielke (2015).

Female (Pl. 4: Fig. 17). Forewing length: 31 mm, wingspan: 58 mm (see Mielke 2015).

Female genitalia. Not dissected.

Distribution. Confined to the Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar in the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, at altitudes between about 800 to 1900 m (Pl. 26: Fig. 1).

Remarks. Cibyra endyra is relatively frequent at light. It is sympatric and synchronic with C. claudia sp. nov. only within this species-group.

Notes

Published as part of Mielke, Carlos G. C., Grehan, John R. & Koike, Ricardo M., 2025, Review of the genus Cibyra Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) with descriptions of twenty-four new species from Brazil and Argentina, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 5709 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5709.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17882357

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
C. Mielke
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hepialidae
Genus
Cibyra
Species
endyra
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cibyra endyra Mielke, 2015 sec. Mielke, Grehan & Koike, 2025

References

  • Grehan, J. R., Mielke, C. G. C., Turner, J. R. G. & Nielsen, J. E. (2023) A revised world catalogue of Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) with taxonomic and biological annotations. Zoonova, Occasional Papers in Zoology 28, 1-337.