<documentid="2A0727546E468EDB368285842CF44F52"ID-CLB-Dataset="34664"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.6342"ID-GBIF-Dataset="1e1b1e6b-a12f-4985-a041-cfc4ca1c7511"ID-PMC="PMC4109470"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-421-39"ID-PubMed="25061379"ID-ZooBank="748B04579F8443E5A165C2CE1A36CE58"ModsDocAuthor=""ModsDocDate="2014"ModsDocID="1313-2970-421-39"ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 421"ModsDocTitle="Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica"checkinTime="1451245680270"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Chacon, Isidro A., Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie"docDate="2014"docId="C315E16D7E9C1FCCB655B913238C1DBC"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 421: 39-63"docOrigin="ZooKeys 421"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.6342"docTitle="Elymiotis tlotzin Schaus 1892, comb. n."docType="treatment"docVersion="6"lastPageNumber="59"masterDocId="8254FF93733E5A70FFF5FFF73375FFBF"masterDocTitle="Four new species of Symmerista Huebner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica"masterLastPageNumber="63"masterPageNumber="39"pageNumber="54"updateTime="1732481826722"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
2 Males: INBIOCRI000584965 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Bagaces, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv. R. L. Rodriguez, Estacion Palo Verde, 10.349119-85.352345, 10 m, May 1991, U. Chavarria (INBio). Male: INB0003072431 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Bagaces, Pque. Nal. Palo Verde, Sector Palo Verde, 10.366668-85.383266, 0-50 m, 3 May 2000, H. Mendez (INBio). Male: INBIOCRI000386810 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Liberia, P. N. Sta. Rosa, Playa Naranjo, 10.80275-85.666572, 0-10 m, May 1991, E. Alcazar (INBio). Male: INBIOCRI002426620 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Liberia, Sector Las Pailas, 4.5 Km. SW del Volcan Rincon de la Vieja, 10.776784-85.351913, 800 m, 24 June 1995, K. Taylor (INBio). Male: INB0004065577 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Liberia, Santa Rosa Nat. Pk., 10.83641-85.615491, 300 m, 4-6 December 1979, D. H. Janzen (INBio). Male:
0003319696 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Nicoya, P.N. Barra Honda, Sector Barra Honda, 10.169826-85.379137, 50 m, 25-30 December 2000, H. Mendez (INBio). Female: INBIOCRI001184551 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Bagaces, P. N. Palo Verde, Estacion Palo Verde, 10.349119-85.352345, 10 m, 20 June 1993, U. Chavarria (INBio). Female: INB0003300310 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Hojancha, Z.P. Nosara, Hojancha, R.F. Monte Alto, 10.011248-85.402778, 400 a 500 m, 27 July - 3 August 2000, H. Mendez (INBio). Female: INBIOCRI000674401 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Liberia, P.N.Sta. Rosa, Playa Naranjo, 10.802713 - 85.67479, 0-10 m, March 1991, E. Alcazar (INBio). Female: INB0003956448 Costa Rica, Prov. Guanacaste, Nicoya, San Antonio, Humedal Mata Redonda, 10.328094-85.42111, 8 m, 6 July 2005, B. Gamboa, J. Azofeifa, J. Gutierrez, M. Moraga, Y. Cardenas (INBio).
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<paragraphid="0C62E3E2C6C9DBF006E5B3630B8E34B2"pageId="16"pageNumber="55">Male: 94-SRNP-2964 Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Estero Naranjo, 10.80426-85.68285, 2 m, 9 June 1994, Gusaneros. Male: 98-SRNP-9137 (COI barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa, 10.83764-85.61871, 295 m, 14 August 1998, Manuel Pereira. Male: 01-SRNP-17295 (COI barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Sendero Carbonal, 10.77594-85.65799, 7 m, 2 November 2001, Gusaneros. Male: 06-SRNP-13290 (COI barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Estero Naranjo, 10.80426-85.68285, 2 m, 31 May 2006, Eilyn Camacho.</paragraph>
Female: 92-SRNP-736 Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Vado Nisperal, 10.80212-85.65372, 10 m, 20 May 1992, Gusaneros. Female: 96-SRNP-1331 (COI barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Sendero Palo Seco, 10.79342-85.6666, 5 m, 31 May 1996, Gusaneros. Female: 96-SRNP-1332 Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Sendero Palo Seco, 10.79342-85.6666, 5 m, 2 June 1996, Gusaneros. Female: 98-SRNP-9134 (COI barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa (adult at light), 10.83764-85.61871, 295 m, 2 August 1998, Guillermo Pereira. Female: 98-SRNP-9137 Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Area Administrativa (adult at light), 10.83764-85.61871, 295 m, 14 August 1998, Guillermo Pereira. Female: 01-SRNP-17336 (COI barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Sendero Carbonal, 10.77594-85.65799, 7 m, 28 October 2001, Gusaneros. Female: 01-SRNP-17336 Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Sendero Carbonal, 10.77594-85.65799, 7 m, 28 October 2001, Gusaneros. Female: 07-SRNP-112736 (COI barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Prov. Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Sendero los Patos (adult at light), 10.82097-85.63323, 251 m, 8 December 2007, H. Cambronero & S. Rios. Female: 11-SRNP-12732 (COI Barcoded), Costa Rica, Area Conservacion
<paragraphid="11438D037A41734A666B3D10ED0D3225"pageId="18"pageNumber="57">Adults - (Figs 37-40) Medium-sized notodontid moths, FW = 15.42-19.28 mm, females larger than males; male antenna narrowly bipectinate, gradually narrowing to apex, which is simple; antennae of female simple; labial palpus porrect, composed by three segments; haustellum is well developed, ocelli absent; eyes smooth, round. Thorax mostly gray, tegula gray, all scales of the thorax are long and forked; patagium and prothorax with beige and light brown scales. FW costa straight, outer margin almost straight; accessory cell present. Male genitalia - (Figs 41-43) valvae elongated, sclerotized and mildly setose; sacculus pleats highly developed; uncus thin and long, with apex acute and setose, each socius wide at the base with two thin projections, acute and setose; saccus acute (Figs 41); phallus robust, wide at the base with two single subterminal lateral bumps, vesica long but shorter than phallus, wide at the base, long and thin distally, caltrop cornuti (Fig. 42); T8 rectangular shorter than St8, lateral margins straight, anterior margin simple and membranous, posterior margin slightly concave; St8 wide at anterior margin, posterior margin with a single median depression and two sclerotized small projections (Fig. 43). Female genitalia (Figs 44, 45) - The papillae anales small, roughly ovoid with elongated dorsal setae; lateral procecess of postvaginal plate with apices acute and sclerotized; posterior apophyses short and thin; lamella postvaginalis rectangular, sclerotized; ostium sclerotized, wide, funnel shape; DB short; CB wide and long, ovoid with surface membranous slightly rough; signum brick shape with a rough surface.</paragraph>
(Plate II, Fig. 10). Male genitalia: uncus with acute and long apex; socci in brackets; valve costa without apical membranous area, pleats highly developed; exopenis with two single subterminal lateral bumps; beam cornuti extensions, obsolete; distal edge St 8 with a single median depression, two sclerotized thickenings near the distal edge of T8.
Walker, 1857 for the following characteristics of the male genitalia: valvae elongated, sclerotized and setose; sacculus pleats highly developed; uncus thin and long, with apex acute and setose; socius wide at the base with two thin projections, acute and setose and caltrop cornuti.
<paragraphid="8C697C379B9077E5BD3D5EE82BDBF628"pageId="19"pageNumber="58">(Figs 46, 47, 48). 33 rearing records from Sector Santa Rosa, ACG.</paragraph>
have been collected in the dry forest ecosystem of Peninsula de Nicoya, and in the dry forests of Sector Santa Rosa and Sector Pailas of ACG, at elevations of 0 to 800 m. (Fig. 49).
