An illustrated annotated check-list of the species of Catasticta (s. l.) Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Venezuela
Bollino, Maurizio
Costa, Mauro
Zootaxa
2007
1469
1
42
RT86
Lathy & Rosenberg, 1912
Lathy & Rosenberg
1912
[188,703,711,737]
Insecta
Pieridae
Catasticta
Animalia
Lepidoptera
9
10
Arthropoda
species
seitzi
Catasticta seitzihad not previously been reported from Venezuela, so we were perplexed at finding Venezuelan specimens of C. seitzicollected on the Cordillera de La Costa (Aragua and Distrito Federal, now Distrito Capital) and represented in most public and private Venezuelan collections. The peculiar wing pattern of these specimens is reminiscent of nominotypical C. seitzifrom the Colombian Cordillera Oriental, but differs consistently in some characters on the ventral surfaces of both wings. Although differences in ventral wing patterns often differentiate species of Catasticta, we opt for the more conservative strategy of describing the Venezuelan population of C. seitzias a new subspecies.