A taxonomic review of Eucalantica Busck (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) with descriptions of six new species

作者：Sohn Jae Cheon^*; Nishida Kenji

来源：ZooKeys, 2011, (118): 75-96.

DOI：10.3897/zookeys.118.956

• Costa Rica
• Eucalantica
• lectotype
• Mexico
• new species
• taxonomy
• USA
• Vaccinium
• Yponomeutidae
• Yponomeutoidea

The New World genus Eucalantica Busck, 1904 is reviewed. It comprises seven species, six of which are described as new: E. costaricae Sohn & Nishida, sp. n., E. ehecatlella Sohn & Nishida, sp. n., E. icarusella Sohn & Nishida, sp. n., E. powelli Sohn, sp. n., and E. pumila Sohn, sp. n., all five from Costa Rica; E. vaquero Sohn, sp. n. from southern USA and Mexico. The type species, E. polita (Walsingham, 1881), is redescribed and a lectotype and two paralectotypes are designated. Illustrations and keys based on the forewing patterns and the genitalia of each sex are provided. Our review suggests that there remains an undiscovered high diversity of Eucalantica in the tropical highlands of Central America.

• 出版日期2011