A review of the genera Amauta Houlbert, 1918 and Divana J. Y. Miller, 1982 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) with description of a new genus
Author
Worthy, Robert
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Author
González, Jorge M.
Author
Zilli, Alberto
Natural History Museum, Insects Division, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, U. K.
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jeanneei
(
Rebel, 1915
)
(
Fig. 7A
)
“
Castnia jeanneei
nov. spec.
(
♂
)”
Rebel, 1915
,
Verhandlungen
der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen
Gesellschaft in Wien
65
(9/10): (214)–(216), fig. 3 [Sitzungsberichte]
.
Type material:
Described from a single male specimen designated as type (fig. 7A). According to
Rebel (1915)
, this subspecies is very similar to
cacica
, but the forewing yellowish-cream bands are narrower. The hindwing orange band is broader in
cacica
. The
holotype
was originally in the collection of Dr. Josef Jeannée (Vienna), but we have no information about the whereabouts of his collection. We could not find it in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
Type
locality:
Peru
. Rebel provides no more details on the locality so it cannot be further pinpointed.
G. Lamas
(pers. comm.) considers that “
Peru
”, as the
type
locality, is “almost certainly erroneous” [“…la localidad tipo (“
Peru
”) es casi seguramente errónea.”]
.
Taxonomic status:
A junior subjective synonym of
Castnia angusta
H.
Druce, 1907
. Originally described as a species, not mentioned by
Miller (1995)
but synonymised by
Lamas (1995)
.
Male genitalia
: Not available.
Distribution:
“
Peru
”.
Discussion:
Rebel (1915)
compares his new taxon with
Amauta cacica
rather than
A. angusta
(or
oberthueri
). He was clearly unaware of these latter taxa otherwise he would surely have realised that this was what he had in front of him.
Material examined:
As the
type
could not be found, only the black and white illustration in
Rebel (1915)
was examined.