Athis Hübner, [1819]

García-Díaz, José De Jesús, Espinoza-Sanabria, Bernardo A., Worthy, Robert, González, Jorge M., Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2024, Synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Costa Rica, Zootaxa 5481 (2), pp. 151-202 : 169

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VI. Athis Hübner, [1819] View in CoL

Athis View in CoL is the Castniidae View in CoL genus with the largest number of species (currently 17) and one of the genera of this family with the widest distribution in the Americas, ranging from northern Mexico throughout Central America and through South America to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, with the presence of some species on three Caribbean islands ( Pierre & Pierre-Baltus 2003; González 2004; González & Cock 2004; González et al. 2006; Pierre et al. 2008; Vinciguerra et al. 2011; Pierre & Lalanne-Cassou 2014). Bromeliads have been reported as hosts, with some Athis species known to feed on species of the genera Billbergia Thunberg, 1821 View in CoL , Hechtia Klotzsch, 1835 View in CoL and Tillandsia View in CoL L., 1753 (González 2004; González et al. 2006; González et al. 2021; García-Díaz et al. 2019, 2020, 2022; García-Díaz 2022b; iNaturalist 2023). Most Athis species have triangular forewings with a characteristic wing pattern, they have a tawny brown forewing base and a diagonal band that runs from the wing base to the subapical region; one to three white or translucent spots are present in the apical region (González 2004; González et al. 2021; García-Díaz 2022b; García-Díaz et al. 2022). Curiously, not much is known about the ecology, behavior, and life cycle of most of these species (Vinciguerra et al. 2011), although some authors have written briefly about them (i.e. González & Fernández-Yépez 1992, Pierre & Pierre-Baltus 2003; González 2004; González et al. 2006, 2021; Pierre et al. 2008; García-Díaz et al. 2019, 2020, 2022; García-Díaz 2022b). The rarity of some Athis species is evident, as is the case with A. ahala (H. Druce, 1896) View in CoL , A. analibiae ( Espinoza-Sanabria & González, 2005) , A. delecta ( Schaus, 1911) View in CoL , A. jaliscana López-Godínez & Porion, 2012 and A. pirrelloi Vinciguerra, 2011 , which are known from just a few specimens.

References

Druce, H. (1896) Descriptions of some new genera and species of Heterocera from Central and tropical South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 18 (103), 28 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939608680406

Espinoza-Sanabria, B. A. & Gonzalez, J. M. (2005) Description of a new species of Imara Houlbert, 1918 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae). Zootaxa, 849 (1), 1 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 849.1.1

Garcia-Diaz, J. J., Lopez-Godinez, B. & Turrent-Carriles, A. (2019) Descripcion de la hembra de Athis jaliscana Lopez y Porion, 2012 (Castniidae) con algunos comentarios bionomicos. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Lepidopterologia, Nueva Serie, 7 (1), 35 - 41.

Garcia-Diaz, J. J., Miller, J. Y. & Gonzalez, J. M. (2020) Observations on the courtship and other biological aspects of Athis hechtiae (Dyar, 1910) (Castniidae) in Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 30 (2), 86 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.5281 / zenodo. 4317558

Garcia-Diaz, J. J. (2022 b) Synopsis of Athis thysanete (Dyar, 1912) (Castniidae: Castniinae) populations, courtship behavior and other observations on its biology. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 32 (2), 91 - 99. https: // doi. org / 10.5281 / zenodo. 7246181

Gonzalez, J. M. & Fernandez-Yepez, F. (1992) Descripcion de una nueva especie de Athis Hubner de Venezuela (Lepidoptera: Castniidae: Castniinae). Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle, 52 (137), 5 - 10.

Gonzalez, J. M. & Cock, M. J. W. (2004) A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago. Zootaxa, 762 (1), 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 762.1.1

Gonzalez, J. M., Ayala, J. M. & Alnaudez, J. L. (2006) Notes on Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) of Margarita Island, Venezuela. Boletin del Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, 40 (3), 347 - 355.

Gonzalez, J. M., Lopez-Godinez, B., Garcia-Diaz, J. J., Simon, S., Sarto i Monteys, V. & Worthy, R. (2021) Reinstatement of Athis miastagma (Dyar, 1925) (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) as a valid species inhabiting the Pacific slope of Central Mexico. Zootaxa, 5061 (2), 300 - 322. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5061.2.4

Lopez-Godinez, B. & Porion, T. (2012) Notes sur le genre Athis Hubner, [1819] et description d'une nouvelle espece du Mexique (Lepidoptera, Castniidae). Les cahiers du Musee des Confluences - Etudes scientifiques, No. 3, 75 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / mhnly. 2012.1580

Pierre, J. & Pierre-Baltus, C. (2003) Un nouveau Castnia endemique de la Martinique (Lepidoptera, Castniidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 108 (5), 437 - 439. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 2003.17000

Pierre, J., Deknuydt, F. & Pierre-Baltus, C. (2008) Nouvelles donnees sur le mysterieux Castnia endemique de la Martinique (Lep., Castniidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 113 (3), 384. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 2008.2133

Pierre, J. & Lalanne-Cassou, B. (2014) Les papillons de jour de la Martinique (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera et Castniidae). Lepidopteres - Revue des Lepidopteristes de France, 23 (57), 2 - 8.

Schaus W. (1911) New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 7 (38), 173 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222931108692920