Apu, a new genus of Euchromiina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini), and a new species from the montane forests of southeastern Peru

Abstract

Based on external morphological characters and the structure of the male genitalia, a new genus of Euchromiina from the Neotropical region, Apu gen. nov. is described. A new species is described, Apu mooreorum sp. nov. and the species Apu flavicornis (Druce) comb. nov. is redescribed. The genus occurs in the montane forests of the Andes. Diagnostic characters are provided for the genus and the two species which comprise it. Photographs of the adults of both species are provided, as well as the morphological characters of the male genitalia.

Keywords

• andes
• cosmosoma
• euchromiina
• neotropic
• puno
• taxonomy