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
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Catasticta uricoecheae
(C. &
R. Felder, 1861
) (TL:
Colombia
, Muzo)
(fig. 11: g-i; fig. 31)
Catasticta uricoecheae
was reported for the first time from
Venezuela
by
Wojtusiak & Rey (1999)
, when they described the subspecies
inopa
from
Páramo El Tamá
, Táchira. This subspecies is confined to a narrow altitudinal range,
2800 to 3100 m
., but it is not rare. It is sympatric and synchronic with
Catasticta tricolor
, but the latter is much rarer. The same
uricoecheae
subspecies is present also in the Colombian side of El Tamá (
Bollino & Rodríguez, 2004
). We illustrate the female of this subspecies for the first time (plate 7: fig. i).
Catasticta uricoecheae
can be separated from
C. tricolor
by its DFW whitish-grey discal markings. The corresponding markings in
C. tricolor
are yellowish green.