This paper describes a new species of Moneuptychia Forster from the cerrado in the
Federal District and Goiás region in central Brazil, and from highland open vegetation (campos de
altitude) of Minas Gerais and Paraná. We provide details of the adult morphology and discuss the new
species placement in the genus Moneuptychia.
Adult: Diagnosis. Eyes naked, entirely brown. Palpus length
2.0 times head height, beige with long brown hairs. The male
palpus is shown in Fig 3D. Antenna of males 6.0-6.5 mm in
length, with 33-34 segments extending to mid-costa; shaft
light brown, dorsally covered by cream scales, club with
11-12 segments, not conspicuously developed. Hindwing
outer margin slightly wavy, especially in males. Male wing
venation shown in Fig 3a. Male foreleg covered by long
beige hairs and with two tarsomeres, the first as long as
tibia, and the second extremely reduced; female foreleg
with five tarsomeres (Figs 3b, c). Adults of both sexes are
easily distinguished from all other species of the genus by
wing pattern.