Rejectaria magas Druce 1891
Creators: name: Goldstein, Paul Z.
name: Janzen, Daniel H.
name: Hallwachs, Winnie
name: Proshek, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Rejectaria
Rejectaria magas

description: Rejectaria magas Druce, 1891
Habitus Figs 23–24, 39. Male genitalia Figs 55, 81–82. Female genitalia Fig. 93, 99.
Bleptina? magas Druce, 1891, Biologia Centrali-Americana 1: 456, pl. 37, fig. 15. Type locality: Panama: Chiriqui (Holotype ♀, MNHU)
Material examined. Type Material: Holotype ♀. PANAMA: Chiriqui [MNHU; Image]. Other material. COSTA RICA. (1♂, 2♀♀). Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Del Oro (1♂, 1♀): 1♂, Quebrada Romero, 11.00519, -85.47398, el. 490m: larva on: Cyclanthus bipartitus 12/21/2004, ecl. 12/23/2004, Roster Moraga, collector, 04-SRNP-27241, USNMENT01493483, USNM slide 148574. 1♀, Margarita, 11.03234, -85.43954, el. 380m: larva on Cyclanthus bipartitus: 01/10/2005, ecl. 01/25/2005, Roster Moraga, collector, 05-SRNP-20175, USNMENT01493354, USNM slide 148575. 1♀, Schaus and Barnes coll, Mar., Sixola Riv CR, Bleptina? magas Dr, USNMENT 01422748.
Diagnosis. Rejectaria magas is most similar in appearance to R. richardashleyi sp. n., below, and to Bleptina albidiscalis. Rejectaria magas shares most of the wing pattern elements of R. richardashleyi but can be differentiated from both species by the paler tannish-brown (as opposed to dark brown) coloration, and can be further differentiated from richardashleyi by the lack of large hind-femoral tufts. The valva is similar to that of richardashleyi with sclerotization confined to the basal half of the costa and no free protrusion at the valva’s terminus, but with a minute protrusion at the terminus of the sclerotized basal part of the costa. The female genitalia share a distinctly configured band of signa with ritaashleyae, villavicencia, and villosa but with fewer (12–13) toothed discs than the latter two species.
Supplement to original description. Head. Vertex and collar mixed with beige and cream-colored scales; antennae setose-ciliate; male palpi missing from specimen examined; female palpi (Fig. 39) with 2 nd segment nearly straight, 3 rd segment fine, ~half as long as 2 nd, closely scaled with beige at each end, with an uneven band of larger, gray scales in the middle.
Thorax. Wings— (male, 20mm, n=1; female 18mm, n=2). Male costa distinctly tan, concolorous with collar, darker brown shading concentrated beneath costa towards base; FW and HW tannish brown overall, paler between pm and st lines; basal line absent; FW am line wavy, shaded brown outwardly, paler inward; pm line straight, inwardly a diffuse dark brown band, outwardly a more sharp, tannish brown line, angled inward near costa; subterminal band a series of brown dashes tipped outwardly pale; terminal line a series of fine black dashes. FW pattern recapitulated on HW. Legs— (Fig. 39) Male forefemoral tuft present; legs uniformly tannish brown, with bands faint, if present.
Abdomen. Tannish-brown, concolorous with uppersides of wings
Male genitalia. (Fig. 55,81–82) Uncus elongate, setose, sheepsfoot-shaped; costal margin sclerotized in basal half, entirely fused with valva except for minuscule terminal nubbin comparable to but smaller than that in villavicencia; outer margin of valva rounded; vinculum bluntly tapered; small phallic ridge present; vesica multilobate; microspines distributed on phallus at base of vesica, concentrated on subbasal lobe and more diffusely throughout lower vesica.
Female genitalia. (Fig. 93, 99) Ductus bursae with broad sclerotization along most of its length; corpus bursae swollen near junction with ductus; appendix bursae partially coiled but not whorled as in villosa; corpus bursae with mid-ventral band of micro-spinules well-developed (Fig. 99), punctuated by a series of 12-13 internal perpendicular ridges as in villavicencia, villosa, richardashleyi, and ritaashleyae; faint secondary band includes faint internal ridges, appearing to echo primary band.
Immature stages. Not available for examination.
Biology. Larvae documented feeding on Cyclanthus bipartitus.
Distribution. Panama, Costa Rica
description: Published as part of Goldstein, Paul Z., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie & Proshek, Benjamin, 2022, New species in Rejectaria Guenée (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Herminiinae) with a focus on the Cyclanthaceae-feeders, pp. 451-483 in Zootaxa 5087 (3) on pages 466-467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5826945