Ceretes thais (Drury, 1782)

Gonzalez, Jorge M. & Domagala, Pawel J., 2021, Castniidae of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Wroclaw: new findings from Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt's collection with comments on Karl Adolf Georg Lauterbach and August Weberbauer, Nota Lepidopterologica 44, pp. 123-132 : 123

Ceretes thais (Drury, 1782)

Comments.

This sexually dimorphic species is commonly found in southern Brazil, but its geographic range includes the northern Argentinian province of Misiones, and it could possibly be found in Paraguay ( Ríos and González 2011; González et al. 2013b; González and Domagała 2019). There is a record from Bolivia that might be incorrect ( Ríos and González 2011; González et al. 2013b). Unfortunately, almost nothing is known about the biology and ecology of this species ( González and Domagała 2019).

Material examined.

1♂, Minas Gerais, [ Brazil], 225, coll.?, Ceretes thais det. A. Wanat. (Fig. 1a ) .

Figures

Figure 1. Butterfly-Moths (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from the Insect collection of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw, Poland. a. Ceretes thais male, [Brazil] Minas Gerais; b. Synpalamides phalaris male, Brazil, [Coll.?] Lauterbach, 1547; c. Imara pallasia female, [Brazil], Santa Catharina, Collection Niepelt; d. Castnia invaria trinitatis female, [French Guiana], 222; e. Telchin licus female, Brazil, Collection Niepelt, Peru Weberbauer, S. G.; f. Synpalamides fabricii Brazil, Collection Niepelt.; g. Telchin evalthe quadrata male, Ecuador, Macas, 1905 - 08; h. Prometheus heliconioides female, [Brazil], Tefe, Amazonas, Tijunin; i. Yagra fonscolombe female, Brazil, Collection Niepelt. Figures are to scale. Scale bar: 10 mm.