Bedosia turgida (Schaus, 1910)

Prada-Lara, Liliana & St Laurent, Ryan A., 2021, Hidden treasures: Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera) from the Museo Javeriano de Historia Natural, with descriptions of the female of Bedosiallo moengus (Schaus, 1928), and a new species of Gonogramma Boisduval, 1872, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (3), pp. 501-511 : 502

Bedosia turgida (Schaus, 1910)

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The species can be recognized by relatively broad, triangular wings, the light pinkish brown ground color, the oblique hyaline discal spot, a well-defined, straight, brown postmedial line, and blackish blotches submarginally ( Forbes 1939; St Laurent pers. obs.). Female genitalia is shown in St Laurent & Kawahara (2019). This species is broadly distributed from Nicaragua to western Colombia; however, it is unclear whether cryptic species exist across this broad distribution.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: Chocó: 1 female. PNN UtrÍa, Centro de GuÍa TurÍstico. N 06°00’55.9”, W 77°21’31.7”. 15 Ago-14 Sept 2017. 6 m . L. Prada & S. Vargas.

Figures

Figure 1. Mimallonidae moths from MPUJ. Scale: 1 cm. A. Female Bedosia turgida. B. Male Bedosiallo moengus. C. Female Bedosiallo moengus. D. Male Psychocampa cf. bactriana. E. Male Isoscella ventana. F. Male Lacosoma briasia. G. Male Lacosoma cf. raydela. H. Male Lacosoma vulfreda. / Polillas Mimallonidae del MPUJ. Escala: 1 cm. A. Hembra de Bedosia turgida. B. Macho de Bedosiallo moengus. C. Hembra de Bedosiallo moengus. D. Macho de Psychocampa cf. bactriana. E. Macho de Isoscella ventana. F. Macho de