Tostallo albescens (Jones, 1912) Jones, 1912

St. Laurent, Ryan A. & Mielke, Carlos G. C., 2016, Three new genera of Neotropical Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) with descriptions of three new species, ZooKeys 566, pp. 117-143 : 120

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Mimallonidae

Tostallo albescens (Jones, 1912) comb. n. Figs 1-3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Perophora albescens Jones, 1912: 435

Perophora albescens Jones; Schaus 1928: 671-672

Type material.

Holotype, ♂: S. Paulo, S. E. Brazil./ Perophora albescens , Type ♂.D. Jones/ E. D. Jones Coll., Brit. Mus. 1919-295/ BMNH(E) #805419/ Mimallonidae BMNH(E) Slide #001/ (BMNH, examined). Type locality: Brazil: São Paulo.

Additional specimens examined.

(5 ♂, 2 ♀) ARGENTINA: Misiones: 1 ♂, Posadas: 26.IX.1921, BMNH(E) 1378118, St. Laurent diss.: 10-21-15:5 (BMNH). BRAZIL: Paraná: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Tirol das Torres, Uberaba, Curitiba, 900 m: 2.III.2000, 2.I.2001, O. Mielke leg., C. Mielke diss.: 51.381, 53.261 (COM 51.381, 53.261). Rio Grande do Sul: 1 ♀, illegible collector and date: Joicey Coll. Brit. Mus. 1925-157, BMNH(E) 1378120, St. Laurent diss.: 10-21-15:6 (BMNH). São Paulo: 1 ♂, Guapiara, Paivinha, 800 m: 16-19.IX.2005, C. Mielke leg., (CGCM 28.855). 1 ♂, Alto da Serra: IX.1935, Coll. R. Spitz, Brit. Mus-112(?), BMNH(E) 1378119, St. Laurent diss.: 10-21-15:4 (BMNH). 1 ♂, "S.E. São Paulo, 750 m": E.D. Jones, E.D. Jones Coll. Brit. Mus. 1919-295, BMNH(E) 1378117 (BMNH).

Diagnosis.

See genus diagnosis.

Description.

See genus description.

Distribution

(Fig. 7). Tostallo albescens primarily inhabits the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the states of São Paulo and Paraná. A single record from Rio Grande do Sul lacks more specific data, thus we are unable to determine if this record comes from the Atlantic Forest region in the northeastern part of the state or from elsewhere. A single record from Misiones, Argentina, suggests that this species is more widespread in the inland ecoregions of the Atlantic Forest biome.

Remarks.

As mentioned in the genus remarks above, this species is unique among Mimallonidae , namely because of the white ground color and rounded forewings. This species is poorly represented in collections.