Amauta Houlbert, 1918

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 : 153

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scientific name	Amauta Houlbert, 1918
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This genus includes several large species distributed in Central and South America; they are mostly dark moths with crepuscular habits ( Worthy et al. 2022). Described by Houlbert (1918), it was considered a valid genus until Moraes & Duarte (2014) synonymized it with Telchin Hübner, [1825] . However, Worthy et al. (2022) reinstated the genus, recognizing four species ( A. angusta (H. Druce, 1907) ; A. cacica (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) ; A. papilionaris (Walker, [1865]) and A. procera (Boisduval, [1875])) , from which a few subspecies derive. They also erected the new genus Vadina Worthy, González & Zilli, 2022 for Castnia hodeei Oberthür, 1881 , originally included in Amauta before Moraes & Duarte (2014). The larvae of these species feed on heliconias ( Heliconia spp. , Heliconiaceae ), bananas and/or plantains ( Musa spp. , Musaceae ) and they might be associated with bromeliads ( Bromeliaceae ) ( Suárez-Capello et al. 2002; Miller & Sourakov 2009; Aya et al. 2022; Worthy et al. 2022).

References

Aya, V. M., Pabon, A., Gonzalez, J. M. & Vargas, G. (2022) Morphological and molecular characterization of Castniidae (Lepidoptera) associated to sugarcane in Colombia. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 112 (3) 399 - 410. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485321000997

Houlbert, C. (1918) Revision monographique de la sous-famille des Castniinae. Etudes de Lepidopterologie comparee, 15, i - xvi + 1 - 730, pls. 437 - 462, figs. 1 - 242.

Miller, J. Y. & Sourakov, A. (2009) Some observations on Amauta cacica procera (Boisduval) (Castniidae: Castniinae) in Costa Rica. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 19 (2), 113 - 114.

Moraes, S. & Duarte, M. (2014) Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 170 (2), 362 - 399. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / zoj. 12102

Suarez-Capello, C., Belezaca, C., Flowers, W., Echeverria, F., Carroll, R. R., Williams, R., Ellis, M., Norton, G., Alwang, J. & Justicia, R. (2002) IPM for plantain / coffee agro forestry system in northwestern Ecuador: a land use alternative to low-quality pasture within a fragile agro-ecosystem. The Integrated Pest management Collaborative Research Support Program (IPM CRSP), Ninth Annual Report, 2002, pp. 315 - 324.

Worthy, R., Gonzalez, J. M. & Zilli, A. (2022) A review of the genera Amauta Houlbert, 1918 and Divana J. Y. Miller, 1982 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) with description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 5194 (3), 301 - 342. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5194.3.1