Castnia amazona, (Knop, 1925)

Worthy, Robert, González, Jorge M. & Zilli, Alberto, 2022, A review of the genera Amauta Houlbert, 1918 and Divana J. Y. Miller, 1982 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) with description of a new genus, Zootaxa 5194 (3), pp. 301-342 : 318-320

amazona ( Knop, 1925)

( Fig. 10B )

“ Castnia Amazona nov. spec. ” Knop, 1925, Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (11): 42–43.

Type material: Described by Knop (1925) from a single male in the collection of Ludwig Pfeiffer (1878–1926) in Frankfurt am Main ( Fig. 10B ); this is the holotype by original designation. The specimen is now in ETHZ .

Type locality: Campo Santo , Bogota, Colombia , the type was collected in 1922. Campo Santo is a locality in Cundinamarca department , north-west of Bogotá.

Taxonomic status: The name is a junior primary homonym of Castnia amazona Buchecker, [1899] , as well as a junior subjective synonym of C. hodeei Oberthür, 1881 . Knop originally placed his amazona in the Xanthocastnia group and the name was treated as a synonym of Xanthocastnia evalthe wagneri Buchecker, [1899] by Miller (1995). Lamas (1995) examined the holotype and having discovered that it is in fact a specimen of Vadina h. hodeei , correctly decided not to propose a replacement name.

Male genitalia: Not available.

Distribution: Not relevant as the type locality is within the range of Vadina h. hodeei .

Material examined: For this study we have examined the holotype.

Figures

FIGURE 10. A–C: Vadina hodeei hodeei (Oberthür, 1881): A, ♂ HT, corrupta (Schaus, 1896), Colombia, ex Schaus, USNMENT01244439 (USNM); B, ♂ HT, amazona (Knop, 1925), Campo Santo, Bogota, Colombia, 1922, ex Pfeiffer (ETHZ); C, ♀ HT, hodeei, Nouv[elle] Grenade, pris par l’Indien Eujenio Garzon, ex Oberthür, NHMUK010474215 (NHMUK). D, E: Vadina hodeei kruegeri (Niepelt, 1927): D, ♂ HT, West-Columbien, 500 meter, März–Juni 27, ex Niepelt (MfN); E, ♀, Chuchuvi, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, 700m, September 2012 (coll. MB).