Aclytia hoffmannsi Rothschild, 1912

Rothschild, W. (1912). New Syntomidae. Novitates Zoologicae 19: 151-186;
p. 160.

Original description:

47. Aclytia hoffmannsi sp. nov.

Male, female. Pectus and underside of abdomen white; basal joint of palpi
orange; head and antennae black-brown; thorax black-brown, orange spot on
tegulae, central line of patagia paler; abdomen glittering blue. -- Forewing
dark chocolate brown, veins paler, a large orange spot at end of cell. --
Hindwing black slightly glossed with blue, central area hyaline white.

Length of forewing: 18 mm.

Hab. Pozuzo, Huanuco, Peru, 800-1000 metres (W. Hoffmanns) (type);
Chanchamayo, Peru, 2100-7000 ft.


Hampson, G. F. (1914). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British
Museum. Supplement vol. 1: p. 282, pl. XV, fig. 32.

1009 a. Aclytia hoffmannsi.
Aclytia hoffmannsi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 160 (1912).

Male. Head and thorax reddish brown, the head behind antennae and sides of
thorax with yellow spots; the patagia and dorsum of thorax with greyish
streaks; palpi with the 1st joint yellow in front and behind, the second
joint whitish in front, the sides of frons white; coxae and streaks on
femora white; abdomen dorsally metallic blue, the base and anal tuft brown,
the ventral surface brown with broad white fascia except at extremity. Fore
wing red-brown, the veins, cell, and submedian fold with slight pale
streaks; a rounded yellow spot beyond the cell extending to below costa.
Hind wing black-brown, the lower part of cell towards extremity, a fascia
below it and just beyond its lower extremity hyaline; some hyaline at base
of inner area. Underside of fore wing with the yellow patch triangular and
extending to below vein 4; hind wing with the basal half of inner area
whitish.
Hab. Peru, Huanuco (Hoffmanns), type male in Coll. Rothschild,
Chanchamayo. Exp. 34 millim.


Draudt, M. (1915). Aclytia. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the
World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges: p. 157, pl. 23 e. (German
edition: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 6: 157.)

A. hoffmannsi Rothsch. (23 e) is recognizable by the orange-yellow basal
joint of the palpi, the underside being white. The collar shows laterally a
small, orange-yellow spot which may also be absent. Shoulder-covers striped
grey; abdomen above blue. The forewings are brown, the veins in the basal
half striped yellowish-grey, at the cell-end a round, orange-yellow spot to
which, in some specimens, a yellow streak is attached below, which in its
further development may grow into a yellow oblique band: taeniata form. nov.
(23 e). -- Numerous specimens of every possible transitions from Peru, and
also from Cuyaba (Matto Grosso).