Falcicaputis praxia (Schaus, 1921), 2025

Prada-Lara, Liliana, St Laurent, Ryan A., Weller, Susan & Fagua, Giovanny, 2025, Nystaleinae moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae): A morphological review of the subfamily, Zootaxa 5622 (1), pp. 1-67 : 55

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5622.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C36CF0C2-0435-4460-A1D0-A9ADE783046F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15324580

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387A1-FFF5-992C-FF38-B8C7FCD5FD45

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Falcicaputis praxia (Schaus, 1921)
status

comb. nov.

Falcicaputis praxia (Schaus, 1921) , comb. n.

Figs 12I, J View FIGURE 12 , 13C View FIGURE 13 , 14G View FIGURE 14 .

Type material: Holotype: GUATEMALA: Cayuga Guat / May/ Schaus and Barnes coll/ Gopha? praxia type Schaus/ TypeNo. 23439 U.S. N.M./ Photo done by A. SCHINTLMEISTER #30.089/ LECTOTYPE Gopha praxia Designated 2014 by Alexander Schintlmeister/ USNMENT00991089/ lysate frozen same USNM#/ St Laurent dissection USNMENT00991089/

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of F. australis above.

Redescription. Male: Head: As for genus. Thorax: As for genus. Forewing length 11 mm (n = 1); Wings as for genus but darker brown overall and with continuous black apical band, and presence of light scales submarginally and antemedially.Abdomen: As for genus but the VIII sternite hourglass shaped and with a particularly long anterior projection. Terminalia: ( Fig. 14G View FIGURE 14 ) (n = 1). As for genus but socii elongated with few spine-like setae at apices, valvae narrowly triangular with short costulae covered in thick spine-like setae, and phallus thin and short.

Female: Unknown.

Life history. Unknown.

Distribution. Guatemala.

Remarks. This species is known to us only by the lectotype.

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