Synpalamides fabricii (Swainson, 1823)

Gonzalez, Jorge M. & Domagala, Pawel J., 2021, Castniidae of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Wroclaw: new findings from Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt's collection with comments on Karl Adolf Georg Lauterbach and August Weberbauer, Nota Lepidopterologica 44, pp. 123-132 : 123

Synpalamides fabricii (Swainson, 1823)

Comments.

Moraes and Duarte (2014) synonymized the genus Hista Oiticica, 1955 with Synpalamides Hübner, [1823], an arrangement that we follow for now. This species is almost exclusively found in south-southeast Brazil, where it is usually on the wing from December to February in areas of Atlantic Forest ( Moraes et al. 2010; Penco 2011). Very little is known about its biology, but its larvae are known to feed on Tillandsia aeronthos (Loisel.) L.B. Sm. ( Bromeliaceae) ( Enslen 1920; Biezanko 1961).

Material examined.

1♂, C. boisduvali , S.[ ão] Paulo , [ Brazil], coll . ?; 1♀, C. beskei , Brasil, Collection Niepelt , (Fig. 1f ) .

Figures

Figure 1. Butterfly-Moths (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from the Insect collection of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw, Poland. a. Ceretes thais male, [Brazil] Minas Gerais; b. Synpalamides phalaris male, Brazil, [Coll.?] Lauterbach, 1547; c. Imara pallasia female, [Brazil], Santa Catharina, Collection Niepelt; d. Castnia invaria trinitatis female, [French Guiana], 222; e. Telchin licus female, Brazil, Collection Niepelt, Peru Weberbauer, S. G.; f. Synpalamides fabricii Brazil, Collection Niepelt.; g. Telchin evalthe quadrata male, Ecuador, Macas, 1905 - 08; h. Prometheus heliconioides female, [Brazil], Tefe, Amazonas, Tijunin; i. Yagra fonscolombe female, Brazil, Collection Niepelt. Figures are to scale. Scale bar: 10 mm.