Oiticicastnia, LAMAS, 1995

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OITICICASTNIA LAMAS, 1995 ( FIG. 36)

Type species

Castnia erycina Westwood, 1881

Included species

Oiticicastnia erycina (Westwood, 1881) .

Comments

This monotypic genus has a very distinct wing pattern, resembling those of Eumaeus (Lycaenidae) , Lyropterix ( Riodinidae ), and Diaethria (Nymphalidae) . Oiticicastnia erycina shares with the genera Castnius and Eupalamides characters of the uncus, whereas the morphology of the gnathos and sacculus is quite similar to Prometheus . The valva is very characteristic, with the distance between the sacculus and cuculus shortened.