Title
A new species of Mathania Oberthür, 1890 from Peru (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)
Date Issued
31 March 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
A new species of the genus Mathania Oberthür, 1890, M. hughesi Lamas, Farfán & Cerdeña, sp. n. is described from the southwestern slopes of the Andes of Peru, associated with xerophytic environments, between 2300 and 3500 m elevation. This new species is distinguishable from its congeners by the following external character: a black band on forewing dorsal surface at the end of the discal cell, extending from the costal margin to the base of cell M3-CuA1. Adults and male and female genitalia are illustrated and compared to other species of Mathania. In addition, we report Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh. (Loranthaceae) as host plant of M. hughesi.
Start page
589
End page
595
Volume
4758
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85082791480
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
We are grateful to Luis Parra (Museo de Zoología de la Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile), To-masz Pyrcz and Klaudia Florczyk (Nature Education Centre (former Zoological Museum), Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland), Emilia Constanza Pérez (Colección de Entomología, Fundación e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina,), Ezequiel Núñez Bustos (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina), and Pierre Boyer for facilitating access to the collections under their care. This study has been supported by the project of the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa (UNSA) with Contract IBA-004-2017-UNSA.
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