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
15
Catasticta tomyris
(C. &
R. Felder, 1865
) (TL:
Nova Granada
, Bogotá)
(fig. 10: d-f; fig. 26)
Catasticta tomyris subtamina
(
Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998
)
(TL:
Venezuela
, Mérida, Tal des Rio Albarragas) is apparently the only Venezuelan representative of this species. It is distributed along the Cordillera de Mérida from
1800 to 2500
m
, southwestward to the Serranía de El Tamá. Specimens are not commonly encountered.