Lacosoma cf. raydela Schaus, 1928

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 : 508

Lacosoma cf. raydela Schaus, 1928

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Described from various localities in Central and South America, but St Laurent & Kawahara (2019) designated a lectotype from Cayuga, Guatemala. Lacosoma raydela sensu stricto occurs throughout Central America, apparently into western Colombia, but given that no formal generic revision of Lacosoma has yet been published, it is not clear as to whether the name L. raydela applies to multiple cryptic species. Therefore, we preliminarily assign the population from Chocó cited below to L. cf. raydela based on external morphology and comparison to genitalia of a L. cf. raydela specimen from Costa Rica (St Laurent pers. obs.). Lacosoma species can be recognized by their small size and usually scalloped wing margins ( St Laurent et al. 2018), and many species are difficult to identify without genitalia and/or genetic barcoding.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: Chocó: 1 male. PNN UtrÍa , Segunda Estación Puente Esterogrande. N 06°01’08.8”, W 77°20’44.8”. 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