Hagnagora mirandahenrichae

Hagnagora mirandahenrichae is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gunnar Brehm in 2015. It is only known from the sectors Santa Maria and Pitilla from Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste Province, in north-western Costa Rica.

Hagnagora mirandahenrichae
Male (dorsal view left and ventral view)
Female (dorsal view left and ventral view)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hagnagora
Species:
H. mirandahenrichae
Binomial name
Hagnagora mirandahenrichae
Brehm, 2015

Adults are easily distinguished from Hagnagora croceitincta by its wing patterns. The yellow ground colour of H. mirandahenrichae is slightly more intense than in Hagnagora clustimena.

Etymology edit

The species is named in honour of Ms. Miranda Henrich of California in recognition of her and her mother's critical support for understanding the taxonomy and biodiversity development of the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Brehm, Gunnar (November 18, 2015). "Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus". ZooKeys (537): 131–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6090. PMC 4714052. PMID 26798242.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.