Callimorpha nervosa Perty, 1833: 161 Generic Revision Of The Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 2: Josiini Miller, James S Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009 2009-06-30 2009 321 675 1022 93LZK (Geyer) Geyer [784,1076,387,410] Insecta Notodontidae Scea Animalia Lepidoptera 169 844 Arthropoda species auriflamma     TYPE LOCALITY: [ Brazil].    TYPE: Not seen.      Callimorpha nervosa Perty, 1833: 161, pl. 32, fig. 7.  TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, ‘‘Provincia St. Pauli’’ [ 5 São Paulo?].  TYPE: Not seen.   DISCUSSION:  Scea auriflamma, or at least material identified as such, is common in major collections. However, establishing this moth’s identity required intense study. Since the typeis apparently lost, my identifications are based on examination of the figures in Hübner (1806–1838). Furthermore, no typelocality is known since there is no accompanying text. Most authors (e.g., Walker, 1854; Bryk, 1930) list Brazilas the type’s country of origin.  Scea auriflammaas depicted in Hübner’s plate (pl. 399 [186], figs. 1–4) shows a distinctive set of black-lined veins within the orange basal area of the FW. The specimen figured by Hering (1925: fig. 71g) as  Scea auriflammacompares favorably with the one in Hübner. Having carefully selected specimens matching both illustrations, I am now relatively confident regarding the identity of  S. auriflamma(pl. 34). My studies suggest that  S. auriflammaoccurs in the southern half of South America, from Salta, Argentina, east at least as far as Belo Horizonte, Brazil( Minas Gerais). The male and female genitalia of taxa from these widely separated localities are indistinguishable. The northernmost specimen I have seen is an AMNH male from Quillabamba, Peru( Cuzco Province).  Scea auriflammamost commonly occurs in mesic forests at elevations between 500 and 1600 meters. Its host plant is unknown. The species most similar in wing pattern to  S. auriflammais  S. steinbachi(pl. 34). The latter exhibits the same pattern of dark veins in the FW, but the moth is slightly larger, and the apical third of the FW is lighter gray, with a black highlight immediately beyond the orange area. The genitalia of the two species (figs. 348, 352) are extremely different.  Scea steinbachiis known exclusively from Argentina.   DISTRIBUTION: Brazil(AMNH, BMNH, CAS, CMNH, CUIC, LACM, MCZ, MNHN, MPM, OUMNH, USNM, ZMH); Bolivia(ZMH); Paraguay(AMNH, BMNH, MNHN, USNM, ZMC, ZMH); Argentina(AMNH, BMNH, FML, MNHN, ZMC); Peru(AMNH, USNM).   DISSECTED: ³, Argentina, Salta, Dept. La Caldera,  La Caldera– Jujuy Prov.border, Rt.9, km 20, km post 1642, ‘‘ La Cargadera’’,  1450 m,  12 Feb 1991, mesic forest, leg. K. Johnsonet al., AMNH(genitalia slide no. JSM-1513), ³, Brazil, Santa Catharina, Nova Bremen,  11 May 1936, leg. Fritz Hoffmann, CUIC(genitalia slide no. JSM-152, wing slide no. JSM-181); ³, Brazil, Santa Catharina, Rio Vermelho,  Oct 1947, AMNH(genitalia slide no. JSM-443);  ♀, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Viçosa,  31 May 1931, leg. E.J. Hambleton, CUIC(genitalia slide no. JSM-153);  ♀, Argentina, Jujuy, Ledesma, 5.5–7.5 km W of Rt.34, near entrance Parque Nacional Callilegua,  1600 m,  14 Feb 1991, leg. K. Johnsonet al., AMNH(genitalia slide no. JSM-444). 1936-05-11 1991-02-12 1936-05-11 AMNH, CUIC La Cargadera' & K. Johnson & Fritz Hoffmann Argentina Dept. La Caldera 1450 La Caldera La Caldera 170 845 JSM-1513, JSM-152, JSM-181 1 Salta 1947-10 AMNH Brazil Rio Vermelho Santa Catharina 170 845 JSM-443 1 1931-05-31 CUIC E. J. Hambleton Brazil Vicosa 170 845 JSM-153 1 1 Minas Gerais 1991-02-14 AMNH K. Johnson Argentina 1600 Parque Nacional Callilegua Ledesma 170 845 JSM-444 1 1 Jujuy