Phaio acquiguttata Dognin, 1909

Dognin, P. (1909). Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Annales de
la Société entomologique de Belgique 53: 213-233; p. 216. Original
description. Translated from the French original.

Phaio acquiguttata sp. nov. -- male 39, female 46 mm. -- Palpi, antennae
and vertex black; frons black with metallic blue-green reflections;
collar black with two large white points above; patagia black, the centre
with metallic blue-green scales; thorax metallic blue-green in front, with
a very large white spot covering the posterior part, surrounded by black
hairs; first segment black with two white tufts set very close together,
the other segments black and metallic blue with a white lateral spot on
the second and third, the anal tuft blue-green with a few white hairs;
coxae white; legs black dotted with white at the joints of the femora;
venter white at the beginning, then black with white lateral spots which
disappear on the last rings. Upperside of the forewings black-brown with
a few metallic blue-green irrorations at the base and the following
hyaline spots: a large submedian spot in front of vein 2, surmounted by a
small cellular clearing; a small subcostal spot in the second half of the
cell; four extracellular spots, of which two larger and further out
between 3 and 5 and two smaller and set further in above them, joined
together by a more or less developed hyaline point between the two
groups, that is to say between 5 and the fold. Hindwings black with five
hyaline spots which touch one another: an elongate submedian spot
surmounted by a small cellular one and followed by three spots between 3
and 4 (very small), 4 and 5, 5 and 6 (larger). Fringes black. Underside
similar, the basal costal region of the hindwings tinted with metallic
blue-green.

One pair; the male taken at San Antonio, 2,000 metres, on 24 August 1908;
Colombia.

Hampson, G. F. (1914). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the
British Museum, Supplement vol. 1, Amatidae and Lithosiadae: pp. 209-210,
pl. 11, fig. 14.

721 a. Phaio acquiguttata. (Plate XI. fig. 14.)

Phaio acquiguttata, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii. p. 216 (1909).

Male. Head and thorax black; tegulae, shoulders, and metathorax with white
spots; the mesothorax with black spots; sides of pectus and coxae with
white spots; abdomen black with paired dorsal white spots on 1st segment,
subdorsal spots on 2nd and 3rd segments and metallic blue bands on 3rd to
anal segments, the ventral valve white with sublateral spots on two
following segments. Fore wing black-brown with some metallic blue at
base; an elliptical hyaline spot below middle of cell with slight mark in
cell above it; a small spot in upper part of cell towards extremity;
small spots beyond the cell above and below vein 6 and larger spots
nearer termen above and below vein 4. Hind wing black; a hyaline patch
below the cell, small spot in lower extremity of cell and patch beyond
the cell extending into the fork of veins 2 and 4, all confluent except
for the black veins; the underside with some metallic blue suffusion
below base of costa.

Female. Metathorax without white patch; fore wing with the hyaline
markings larger.

Hab. Colombia, type male in Coll. Dognin, Medina, 1 female, San Antonio
(Palmer), 2 females; Ecuador, R. Pastaza, La Victoria, 1 female. Exp.
male 42, female 50 millim.