Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951) Zhang & Cong & Shen & Grishin, 2022

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 61

Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951) , Tricrista canta ( Evans, 1955) , Tricrista slopa ( Evans, 1955) , Tricrista circellata (Plötz, 1882) , and Tricrista taxes (Godman, 1900) , new combinations

Genomic sequencing reveals that the following species currently placed in Thoon Godman, 1900 (type species Proteides modius Mabille, 1889 ): Cobalus aethus Hayward, 1951 (type locality Bolivia), Thoon canta Evans, 1955 (type locality Colombia), Hesperia circellata Plötz, 1882 (type locality Brazil) and Thoon taxes Godman, 1900 (type locality Panama) are not monophyletic with it and instead are in the same prominent clade with Penicula crista Evans, 1955 , the type species of Tricrista Grishin, 2019 ( Fig. 13 ) implying Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951) , new combination, Tricrista canta ( Evans, 1955) , new combination, Tricrista circellata (Plötz, 1882) , new combination, and Tricrista taxes (Godman, 1900) , new combination. Due to phenotypic similarity to these species, particularly to T. canta , we additionally propose Tricrista slopa ( Evans, 1955) , new combination.

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Figure 13. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 1, and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.