Athis hechtiae ( Dyar, 1910 )

González, Jorge M., López, Bernardo, Díaz, José De Jesús García, Simon, Sabrina, Sarto, Víctor & Worthy, Robert, 2021, Reinstatement of Athis miastagma (Dyar, 1925) (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) as a valid species inhabiting the Pacific slope of Central Mexico, Zootaxa 5061 (2), pp. 300-322 : 303

Athis hechtiae ( Dyar, 1910)

( Figs. 1A–1B )

Castnia hechtiae Dyar, 1910: 269 .

Material examined: PUEBLA: 1♂, Holotype, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, June 1909, on Hechtia, R. Müller, Cat. No. 13038 ( USNM) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Mexico, June ’10, R. Müller Collector, Castnia hechtiae, USNM ENT 00475765, Slide by Simeão leg ♂ USNM 96288, Genitalia slide by Simeão S.M., USNM 96260 ( USNM) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Mexico, June ’10, R. Müller Collector, ( USNM) ; 1♀, Tehuacán Mex[ico], R. Müller Collector, Castnia hechtiae , ♀, Tehuacán, June 10, Genitalia slide by Simeão S.M. USNM 96266, USNM ENT 00475704 ( USNM) ; 1♂, Castnia hechtiae , N° 9387, Tehuacán , Puebla, Mexico, julio, coll. R. Müller ( MHNCM) ; 1♀, Castnia hechtiae , N° 2102, Tehuacán , Puebla, Mexico, julio, coll. R. Müller ( MHNCM) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Mexico, VI-1910, 905 Cornell U. lot 828, sub. 8 ( CUIC) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , 6 mi [les]. SW Puebla, Mexico, 9-VII-1973, Coll. J.C. Schaffner et al., Orthia hectiae [sic] Dyar, ♂, det. Jacqueline Y. Miller, 1982 ( TAMU) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Puebla, Mexico, 2- VI-2010, Coll. B. López G. ( BLG) ; 3♂♂, Tehuacán , Puebla, Mexico, VI-2010, Coll. B. López G. ( BLG) ; 1♂, Mexico, Tehuacán , 1913‒443, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403371 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Tehuacán (Mex.), Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, Castnia hechtiae , Castnia hechtiae Dyar, BMNH (E)1403372 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Mexico, Tehuacán , 1913‒443, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403373 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Mexico, Castnia hechtiae Dyar , Mexico, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, Ex Coll. Herbert Druce, 1913, BMNH(E) 1403374 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, 62. 24. Mexico, Pres. By Prof. M. Draudt, BMNH(E) 1403375 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Castnia hechtiae Dyar , Mexico, BMNH(E) 1403378 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Tehuacán ( Mexico) , 142, BMNH(E) 1403379 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403380 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403381 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, C. hechtiae , 411, BMNH(E) 1403382 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, BMNH (E) 1403383 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, BMNH (E) 1403384 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂, Mexique, 1913, échange Le Moult, Muséum de Paris , 60. 25. Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, 59, BMNH(E) 1403376 ( NHMUK) ; 1♀, Mexique, 1913, échange Le Moult, Muséum de Paris , hechtiae , 58, c.21 ( MNHN) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Puebla, Mexico, June 2015, Coll.? ( RW) ; 2♂♂, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán , Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 15/Jul/2016, Leg. B. López ( RW) ; 2♂♂, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán , Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 1/Aug/2016, Leg. B. López ( RW) ; 1♂, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 4/Jun/2008, Leg. P. Rodriguez ( RW) ; 1♀, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 22/Jun/2015, ( RW) ; 1♀, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 7/Jun/2012, Leg. B. López ( RW) ; 1♀, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 12/Jul/2016, Leg. B. López ( RW) ; 1♀, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 20/Jul/2016, Leg. B. López ( RW) ; 1♂, Tehuacán , Puebla, 26.IV.[20]10, Mexique ( DC) ; 1♂, C. hechtiae, Tehuacán , Puebla, MEX.[ico], 29-5-2013 ( DC);) ; 1♂, Puebla, Mexico, 6-2016 ( DC) ; 1♀, Mexique, Puebla, Tehuacán , 1000m, VI/[20]15. ( DC) ; 1♀, Tehuacán , Puebla, 26 Junio 2016, 1,800 m, dry desert – forest ( DC) ; 1♂, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán , Puebla, 05 Julio 2011, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 2♂♂, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán , Puebla, 21 Junio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 2♂♂, La Lobera, Tehuacán , Puebla, 04 Julio 2015, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 3♂♂, La Lobera, Tehuacán , Puebla, 19 Julio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 2♂♂, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán , Puebla, 23 Junio 2014, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 1♀, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán , Puebla, 17 Julio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 1♀, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán , Puebla, 25 Junio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 1♀, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán , Puebla, 19 Junio 2017, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; 2♀♀, La Lobera, Tehuacán , Puebla, 09 Junio 2015, Coll. J.J. García D. ( JJGD) ; GUERRERO: 1♀, C. hechtiae ♀, 477, Mexico, Guerrero, 20.31, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, BMNH(E) 1403377 ( NHMUK) [there is no doubt that this specimen is A. hechtiae , however, we believe that the locality data is incorrect] ; OAXACA: 1♂, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1/Feb/1979, Col.?, ( RW) [The date for this specimen does not coincide with typical collecting dates for the species, therefore we doubt its validity.] ; 1♀, 2.1 mi. Totolapán, Oaxaca, Mexico, 7-VIII-1980, Coll. Shaffner & Friedlander ( TAMU) [This locality is outside the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley; the specimen was possibly a vagrant] ; VERACRUZ: 1♂, Presidio, Veracruz, VI-[19]42, T. Escalante ( MGCL) [The locality of this specimen is very doubtful. The host plant of A. hechtiae is not present in this ecosystem, which is completely different from that of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley].

Figures

FIGURE 1. Males (top row) and females (bottom row) of Athis hechtiae (left) and A. miastagma (right), from Mexico.