Hagnagora hedwigae

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

Hagnagora hedwigae
Female
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H. hedwigae
Binomial name
Hagnagora hedwigae
Brehm, 2015

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]

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