Aliciana geminata Clarke 1978

Aliciana geminata

Alar expanse 22 mm.

Labial palpus white; second segment irregularly mottled fuscous on outer side and anteriorly; third segment fuscous anteriorly. Antenna grayish fuscous except scape and three basal segments of flagellum white. Head dull ochraceous buff posteriorly; vertex and face creamy white. Thorax dull ochraceous buff, paler posteriorly. Forewing ground color pale orange buff; extreme edge of costa black basally; surface of forewing sparsely irrorate with black and gray scales especially in costal half; cilia pale orange buff except apical cilia infuscated. Hind wing pale ochraceous buff, slightly more yellowish toward margins; cilia pale straw yellow. Foreleg femur light ochraceous buff suffused fuscous; tibia and tarsal segments white, heavily overlaid fuscous; midleg white, blotched with fuscous; hind leg light buff; tarsal segments irregularly marked fuscous. Abdomen whitish ocherous; above sparsely scaled and densely setose; ventrally sparsely irrorate with fuscous.

Male genitalia slides USNM 24220, 24289. Harpe with costa and sacculus strongly sclerotized; the latter terminating in a recurved hook; cucullus fleshy. Gnathos spoon shaped. Uncus triangular; distal half strongly sclerotized, pointed. Vinculum U-shaped with strong median process. Tegumen broadly arched. Anellus oval, fused with elements of transtilla. Aedeagus short, produced distally as a long, sharp point; vesica unarmed.

HOLOTYPE.—USNM 73726.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Malleco, Rio Blanco, 1050–1300 m.

Described from the male holotype (21–24 Feb 1954, L. E. Peña) and one male paratype with identical data.

This species is similar to I. leucoxantha in appearance but is a larger and slightly darker moth. The genitalia separate them immediately.

Aliciana geminata is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale orange buff with the extreme edge of the costa black basally. The surface of the forewing is sparsely irrorated (sprinkled) with black and grey scales especially in the costal half. The hindwings are pale ochraceous buff, slightly more yellowish toward the margins.