Xenomigia wilmeri Miller
Taxonomy:
Male genital similarities suggest that X. wilmeri belongs in a Xenomigia subclade that includes X. noctipenna and X. phaeoloma.
Xenomigia wilmeri is notable in being the only member of the genus showing a profusion of light orange scales in the FW, especially in the area of the postmedial and subterminal lines [see Miller and Thiaucourt (2011), Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 104: 1033-1077].
Geographic Range:
Xenomigia wilmeri has been recorded from two localities in northeastern Ecuador - Yanayacu Biological Station and the south slope of Cerro Sumaco, roughly 35 km east of the station. Both sites are at esssentially the same elevation (2150 m).
Foodplant Associations:
Caterpillars of X. wilmeri feed on Chusquea nr scandens (Poaceae).