2. Eruga lineata Townes, 1960

(Figs 23–26)

Eruga lineata Townes in Townes & Townes 1960: 239 [holotype ♀, USA, Oregon, McMinnville, 19.viii.1947, coll. K.M. Fender, USNM 63701 (USNM); ♀ ♂].

Synonym: Eruga yehi Gauld, 1991 (syn. nov.).

References. Carlson 1979: 336 [catalogue]. Gauld 1991: 357 [ E. yehi (description); Costa Rica]. Gauld et al. 1998: 122 [ E. yehi; in key; Costa Rica]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Khalaim et al. 2018: 20 [Mexico (Veracruz)].

Remarks. According to the original description of E. lineata and key to the Nearctic species of Eruga by Townes & Townes (1960), Mexican material listed below clearly belongs to this species. Samples of E. lineata from Tamaulipas were compared with material of E. yehi identified by I. Gauld and deposited in the collection of INBio, and all these specimens were found to be conspecific. Thus, we consider the Costa Rican species E. yehi as a junior synonym of E. lineata (syn. nov.).

Variation. Female from Tepoztlán (Morelos) possesses hind coxa almost entirely blackish, with only extreme apex pale.

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 2 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Canindo, 1400 m, pan trap, 28– 30.vii.1993, coll. J.B. Woolley. 1 specimen (sex unknown, UAT) Gómez Farías, La Perra, pine forest, 1900 m, 24.x.1998, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. Miquihuana [Municipio], km 21 of highway La Peña – Joya, 2800 m, pine forest, coll. D.R. Kasparyan (all in UAT) : 16.viii.2000 (1 ♂), 16.ix.2000 (2 ♂). 1 ♀ (UAT) Tula, Ejido Acahuales, 1400 m, oak forest, Malaise trap, 27.viii–10.ix.2016, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino & J.M. Coronado-Blanco. Hidalgo: 1 ♀ (UNAM) Huasca de Ocampo, Rancho Santa Elena, Hueyapan River, 20°06’N, 98°31’W, 2330–2535 m, Malaise trap, 21.ix–19.x.2010, coll. A. Contreras et al. D.F .: 1 ♂ (UNAM) Ciudad de México, Jardin Botánico UNAM, 19.31502, -99.19414, 1328 m, 18.xi.2013, coll. H. Clebsch. Tlaxcala: 1 ♀ (UAT) 15 km SSE of Apizaco, north slope of La Malinche volcano, 2550–3000 m, pine forest, 1–2.x.2016, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 2 ♀ (UAT) same locatity and collector, 3300 m, pine forest, 19.iv.2022 . 1 ♀ (UNAM) Nanacamilpa, San Felipe Hidalgo, Bosque Magico de Piedra Canteada, Santuario de las Luciérnagas, 19°27.32’N, 98°36.02’W, 2855 m, 16.ix.2017, coll. Y. Marquez. Morelos: 1 ♀ (ZISP) N of Cuernavaca, 19°01.154’N, 99°15.888’W, 2420 m, 28.x.2011, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ (ZISP) N of Tepoztlán, path to El Tepozteco, 1800–2000 m, 11.x.2014, coll. A.I. Khalaim. Chiapas: 2 ♀ (AEIC) San Cristóbal de las Casas, 7200 ft. (= 2200 m), 27.v.1969, coll. B.V. Petersen. 1 ♀ (TAMU) Municipio San Cristóbal, San Felipe, 7200 ft. (= 2200 m), Malaise trap, 20–25.vii.1990, coll. R.W. Jones. 1 ♀ (TAMU) 4 km W of San Cristóbal, above San Felipe, oak-pine-grass, Malaise trap, 6–15.ix.1990, coll. R.W. Jones. 1 ♀ (TAMU) Reserva El Triunfo, Sendero Palo Gordo, 6400 ft. (= 1950 m), 21.vii.1997, coll. J.B. Woolley. 1 ♀ (UNAM) Cacahoatlán, Ejido Benito Juárez, 1705 m, 15º08’03”N, 92º08’38”W, 7.x–7.xi.2018, coll. R. Cancino & A.M. Luna.

Distribution. Canada, USA (Washington and Minnesota to Arizona), Mexico (Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, D.F., Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Morelos, Chiapas), Costa Rica.