20 Catasticta uricoecheae (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (TL: Colombia, Muzo)

(fig. 11: g-i; fig. 31)

Catasticta uricoecheae was reported for the first time from Venezuela by Wojtusiak & Rey (1999), when they described the subspecies inopa from Páramo El Tamá, Táchira. This subspecies is confined to a narrow altitudinal range, 2800 to 3100 m., but it is not rare. It is sympatric and synchronic with Catasticta tricolor, but the latter is much rarer. The same uricoecheae subspecies is present also in the Colombian side of El Tamá (Bollino & Rodríguez, 2004). We illustrate the female of this subspecies for the first time (plate 7: fig. i).

Catasticta uricoecheae can be separated from C. tricolor by its DFW whitish-grey discal markings. The corresponding markings in C. tricolor are yellowish green.