A new genus and two new species of arctiine tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica

By

Schmidt, B. Christian (Bjorn Christian), 1975-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

9

Pages

89-96

Subjects

Arctiidae , Arctiini , Neotropics , Spilosomina , Spilosomini , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.9.151

 

Abstract

Leichosila gen. n. is described based on two new species, Leichosila talamanca sp. n. and L. wagneri sp. n., from montane rain forests of Costa Rica. Leichosila is allied to the North American Hyphantria Harris generic group (subtribe Spilosomina) which is largely temperate-subtropical in distribution, suggesting that Leichosila is derived from North American faunal elements rather than Andean/South American.