Biology:Hagnagora hedwigae

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Short description: Species of moth

Hagnagora hedwigae
Hagnagora hedwigae female dorsal view.jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hagnagora
Species:
H. hedwigae
Binomial name
Hagnagora hedwigae
Brehm, 2015

Hagnagora hedwigae is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gunnar Brehm in 2015. It is only found in southern Ecuador.

The length of the forewings is 21 mm. Adults closely resemble Hagnagora anicata and Hagnagora richardi, but is larger than H. anicata, and the signum of the bursa copulatrix is more complex than in H. richardi.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Hedwig Seppelt in recognition of support for the taxonomy of Neotropical geometrid moths provided by her daughter-in-law Irmgard Seppelt and her son Winfried Seppelt.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21772582 entry