Paratepa clisias Brown 2024, new combination

Paratepa clisias (Meyrick, 1912), new combination Cnephasia clisias Meyrick, 1912: 685. Eulia clisias: Clarke 1958: 120. “Unplaced Euliini ” clisias: Powell et al. 1995: 146; Brown 2005: 341. Diagnosis and remarks. Cnephasia clisias was described by Meyrick (1912) based on two females, which he misidentified as males; no additional specimens have been reported since. Clarke (1958) transferred the species to the catch-all Neotropical genus Eulia, designated a lectotype, and illustrated the latter along with its genitalia (Clarke 1958: 120, figs. 2, 2a, 2b). Neither Powell et al. (1995) nor Brown (2005) were able to assign it confidently to a genus, listing it under “Unplaced Euliini.” However, based on the illustration of the lectotype in Clarke (1958), the adult has a forewing pattern similar to those of Paratepa and Atepa, and the strongly sclerotized posterior portion of the ductus bursae is likewise similar to those of female P. ferruginea and P. argentinana. Based on these features, the species is provisionally transferred to Paratepa. Paratepa clisias is easily distinguished from congeners by the strongly undulate posterior margin of the sterigma. Types. Lectotype ♀, Argentina, Paraná, JFGC slide 6345 (NHMUK). Paralectotype ♀. Argentina, Paraná (NHMUK). Distribution and biology. This species is known only from the two specimens from the original description, collected in Paraná, Argentina.