Coleoxestia nitida ( Bates, 1872 )

Bezark, Larry G., 2025, A new species of Tenthras from Central America and new records of Cerambycinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Belize, Zootaxa 5723 (4), pp. 489-513 : 493-494

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D9E65E1E-1988-4E15-9E35-91469E5A00E3
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB07878B-FF82-FFCA-FF56-F88FFD77FE99
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Coleoxestia nitida ( Bates, 1872 )
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Coleoxestia nitida ( Bates, 1872) View in CoL

Xestia nitida Bates, 1872: 172

( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9–26 )

Remarks.—This widespread species was described by Bates in the genus Xestia Audinet-Serville, 1834 (junior homonyny), and is known from Mexico ( Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo), Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Paraná).

Material examined.— BELIZE ( new country record), Stann Creek District, 3 specimens, Toucan Ridge Ecology & Education Society field station ( TREES), Middlesex, 37 km W of Dangriga , 20 June—1 July, 2016, L.G. Bezark, collector, mv/blacklight ( LGBC) .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Cerambycidae
Genus	Coleoxestia