Venedictoffia karsholti
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Erebidae
Genus: Venedictoffia
Name
Venedictoffia karsholti (Toulgoët, 1991) comb. n. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Phragmatobia karsholti Toulgoët, 1991: 18. Holotype male (ZMUC). Type locality: Peru, Ancash 35 km SE de Huaraz, Cerro Cahuish, 4100 m, Quebrada Pucavado.
Diagnosis
Toulgoët (1991)[1] described this species in Phragmatobia without further elaboration of this generic placement. The wing shape, forewing pattern, and male genitalic structure (pedunculate uncus, bipartite valve) of karsholti is shared with Venedictoffia Toulgoët (Toulgoët 1977[2]), so karsholti is transferred to Venedictoffia (comb. n.). Although the simple forewing pattern, reduced size, and bipectinate male antenna show some resemblance to Andesobia and Patagobia, male genitalic structure (see Toulgoët 1991[1]) shows that Venedictoffia does not belong in the subtribe Spilosomina nor in the Arctiina. The caudally recurved dorsal margin of the tegumen and lateral lobes of the 8th sternite, autapomorphies of the Spilosomina (Schmidt 2007[3]), are lacking.The unusual pedunculate uncus, scoop-shaped tegumen and bipartite valve are traits exhibited in numerous Neotropical Phaegopterina and some Pericopina. Venedictoffia is therefore provisionally transferred to the Phaegopterina.
Taxon Treatment
- Schmidt, B; Freina, J; 2011: Generic placement of the Neotropical species of “ Phragmatobia” (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes ZooKeys, 149: 69-88. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toulgoët H d (1991) Description de nouvelles arctiides d’Amérique latine (36e note) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Revue Fr. Ent. (N.S. ) 13: 18-19.
- ↑ Toulgoët H d (1977) Description de nouvelles arctiides d’Amerique Latine (lepidopteres Arctiidae). Nouvelle Revue Ent. 7 (3): 335-344.
- ↑ Schmidt B (2007) Systematics of Grammia tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ph. D. thesis, Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta.
