Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951), 2022

Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951) , Tricrista canta ( Evans, 1955) , Tricrista slopa ( Evans, 1955) , Tricrista circellata (Plötz, 1882) , and Tricrista taxes (Godman, 1900) , new combinations

Genomic sequencing reveals that the following species currently placed in Thoon Godman, 1900 ( type species Proteides modius Mabille, 1889 ): Cobalus aethus Hayward, 1951 ( type locality Bolivia), Thoon canta Evans, 1955 ( type locality Colombia), Hesperia circellata Plötz, 1882 ( type locality Brazil) and Thoon taxes Godman, 1900 ( type locality Panama) are not monophyletic with it and instead are in the same prominent clade with Penicula crista Evans, 1955 , the type species of Tricrista Grishin, 2019 ( Fig. 13 View Figure 13 ) implying Tricrista aethus (Hayward, 1951) , new combination, Tricrista canta ( Evans, 1955) , new combination, Tricrista circellata (Plötz, 1882) , new combination, and Tricrista taxes (Godman, 1900) , new combination. Due to phenotypic similarity to these species, particularly to T. canta , we additionally propose Tricrista slopa ( Evans, 1955) , new combination.