Revisional notes on the " amastris " group of Catasticta Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with descriptions of new species and subspecies
Author
Lamas, Gerardo
Author
Bollino, Maurizio
text
Zootaxa
2004
605
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journal article
41673
10.5281/zenodo.158584
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Catasticta paucartambo
(
Eitschberger & Racheli, 1998
) Comb.
et stat. nov.
A mediumsized species. Female unknown. FW with acute apex and scalloped outer margin, indented at M2M3. HW with smooth outer margin and rounded anal lobe.
Described by
Eitschberger & Racheli (1998)
as a subspecies of
Catasticta marcapita
Röber
, apparently not realizing that it overlaps in range with
C
.
marcapita marcapita
. We consider it a species due to its different wing pattern and sympatry with
marcapita
. The
holotype
of
paucartambo
was collected
15 km
NE of
Paucartambo
, Cuzco, at
3100 m
, nearly at the same spot where
marcapita
was recently caught by T. Pyrcz (pers. comm.).
Distribution: High elevations from northern
Bolivia
to southern
Peru
(Cuzco).