Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica

By

Chacón, Isidro
Janzen, Daniel
Hallwachs, Winnie

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

421

Pages

39-63

Subjects

cloud forest , Costa Rica , DNA barcodes , Elasmia , Elymiotis , INBio , MINAE , Moths , Neotropical , Nystaleinae , Symmerista

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.6342

 

Abstract

The genus Symmerista Hübner (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) is reviewed for Costa Rica, based on 49 wild-caught specimens. Four species are newly described: Symmerista luisdiegogomezi Chacón, Symmerista inbioi Chacón, Symmerista minaei Chacón and Symmerista aura Chacón. All are from the cloud forests of the Talamanca moutain range, southern Costa Rica. Photographs of the adults, male and female genitalia, and barcodes are also provided. The species Symmerista tlotzin Schaus (1892) is removed from Symmerista and assigned to the genus Elymiotis Walker as a new combination.