An illustrated annotated check-list of the species of Catasticta (s. l.) Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Venezuela
Author
Bollino, Maurizio
Author
Costa, Mauro
text
Zootaxa
2007
1469
1
42
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.176651
c693fa7b-b09f-407d-80c3-c870485429ae
1175-5326
176651
Catasticta flisa viloriai
ssp. nov.
Holotype
: male, Cerro Quiriquire (S. Antonio), Estado Monagas,
Venezuela
,
1500m
,
14-VIII-2005
, col. Costa, in
MIZA
(fig. 3: g-h)
Description: FW length:
27 mm
.
Dorsal surface: blackish ground-color with white marking. A series of evident premarginal white dots on either FWs and HWs, the apical ones of FWs clearly elongated; submarginal white spots of HWs elongated. Ventral surface: FWs with white discal spots highly suffused by dark scales; premarginal yellow spots very elongated, nearly merged with submarginal ones; HWs with submarginal yellow interneural spots elongated.
Diagnostic characters: the new subspecies is characterized by strongly elongated white submarginal spots of either dorsal and ventral FWs and HWs, thus permitting an immediate visual recognition, and approaching ssp.
duna
Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998
from North-Western
Ecuador
. In nearby ssp.
briseis
, corresponding spots are always small and rounded.
Paratypes
(
4 males
,
1 female
):
1 male
, same data as HT, but
22-VII-2005
;
1 female
, same data as HT, but
1200 m
.,
31-III-2005
, all in
MCCV
;
1 male
, same data as HT, but
20-VII-2005
,
DNA
sample n° 146;
1 male
, same data as HT, but
14-VIII-2005
, all in
MBLI
;
1 male
, same data as HT, but
21-VII-2005
, in
FRSV
. Distribution: the new subspecies is restricted to Serranía del Turimiquire, where it is quite scarce and localized. Apparently
C
.
flisa
is the only known species of
Catasticta
in the area.
Etymology: a noun in the genitive case after Angel Viloria (Maracaibo,
Venezuela
) for his rediscovery of the interesting butterfly fauna of Serranía del Turimiquire (
Viloria & Camacho, 1999
).