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 seitzi
Lathy & Rosenberg, 1912
(TL: W-Colombia, Rio Cauca, Guabinas)
(fig. 8: a-d; fig. 21)
Catasticta seitzi
had not previously been reported from
Venezuela
, so we were perplexed at finding Venezuelan specimens of
C. seitzi
collected on the Cordillera de La Costa (Aragua and Distrito Federal, now Distrito Capital) and represented in most public and private Venezuelan collections. The peculiar wing pattern of these specimens is reminiscent of nominotypical C.
seitzi
from the Colombian Cordillera Oriental, but differs consistently in some characters on the ventral surfaces of both wings. Although differences in ventral wing patterns often differentiate species of
Catasticta
, we opt for the more conservative strategy of describing the Venezuelan population of
C
.
seitzi
as a new subspecies.