Hagnagora richardi is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gunnar Brehm in 2015. It is only known from a small region around Podocarpus National Park in Zamora-Chinchipe and Loja provinces in Ecuador.

Hagnagora richardi
Male
Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hagnagora
Species:
H. richardi
Binomial name
Hagnagora richardi
Brehm, 2015

The length of the forewings is 19 mm for males and 21 mm for females. Adults closely resemble other species of the H. anicata clade. On average it is significantly larger than Hagnagora anicata, but the female has about the same size as Hagnagora hedwigae. It is easily distinguishable from Hagnagora marionae by the cream-white colour of the blotches on the forewing.

Etymology

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The species is named in honour of Richard Philipp, in recognition of his and his parents' support for the taxonomy of Neotropical geometrid moths.[1]

References

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  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 (537): 131–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6090. PMC 4714052. PMID 26798242.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.