Elysius sarcochroa Dognin

Elysius sarcochroa Dognin

Elysius sarcochroa Dognin, 1912c, p. 4.

Forewing 27.0 mm. Front of head yellowish brown ventrally, light yellow dorsally; vertex light yellow. Tegulae yellowish brown, with light yellow anterior margin; patagia light yellow anterolaterally, otherwise yellowish brown. Forewing greyish orange, with orange-yellow costal and basal area and with suffusion of light brown in cell and at outer margin. Hindwing orange-white, with light brown outer marginal band. Dorsal surface of abdomen brownish orange anteriorly, greyish brown posteriorly; segments 5–8 yellow laterally. Ventral surface yellow except for greyish brown segment 8, and greyish brown patches on each side of segments 2–7.

Described from a single male from Monte Tolima, Colombia.

Holotype ♂ “Dognin Collection; Type No. 30481 U.S.N.M.; Monte Tolima, 3200 m., Colomb. Cent. Cord., Coll. Fassl; Elysius sarcochroa Dogn. type ♂, Hmpn. 10.12; Holotype ♂ Elysius sarcochroa Dognin A.W. 1967; Arctiidae genitalia slide No. AW567.”