Hagnagora acothysta

Hagnagora acothysta
	Female (dorsal view left and ventral view)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Hagnagora
Species:	H. acothysta
Binomial name
	Hagnagora acothysta; (Schaus, 1901)
Synonyms
	Heterusia acothysta Schaus, 1901;

Hagnagora acothysta is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Schaus in 1901. It is found in Brazil.

Unlike related species Hagnagora mortipax and Hagnagora jamaicensis, this species shows no white transversal band on the forewing, but rather a reduced blotch that reaches only about half of the size observed in H. mortipax.[1]

References

Brehm, Gunnar (November 18, 2015). "Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus". ZooKeys. pp. 131–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6090.

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[pensoft-1] Brehm, Gunnar (November 18, 2015). "Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus". ZooKeys. pp. 131–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6090.