Contribution to the Opostegidae Fauna of Central America, with an Updated Checklist and Description of New Species from Costa Rica and Mexico (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Andrius Remeikis, Jonas R. Stonis, Arūnas Diškus, Donald R. Davis
2009 Acta Zoologica Lituanica  
In this paper, we report the results of recent fieldwork on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and Mexico, i.e., in the areas unrepresented in the material used in the most recent review of Opostegidae. From these new collections, we describe three new species: Pseudopostega robusta Remeikis & Stonis, sp. n. (Costa Rica), P. mexicana Remeikis & Stonis, sp. n. (Mexico) and P. latiplana Remeikis & Stonis, sp. n. (Mexico). Illustrations of adults and male genitalia of all new species are provided
more » ... ther with a distribution map. An updated checklist of all currently known 40 species of Central American Opostegidae is given, with data on taxa distribution outside the region.
doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0034-3 fatcat:sf5c6jd6b5ff5pz4ftbqgebm7q