Athis inca inca Walker, 1854
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4361933 |
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Athis inca inca Walker, 1854 View in CoL
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Castnia inca Walker, 1854:24-25 View in CoL [ Mexico, “ Venezuela,” Honduras Lectotype].
Castnia inca Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 56 View in CoL , figs. 488-489 [ Mexico] [ Lamas (1995) considers this taxon to be pre.occupied by inca Walker View in CoL and synonymous with ssp. orizabensis ].
Castnia inca Herrich-Schäffer ; Westwood, 1877:174.
Castnia clitarcha Westwood, 1877: 176 View in CoL , lam. 31, fig. 1 (in part, Ƌ): 176, lam. 31, fig. 1 [¿? Panama, ¿? Nicaragua].
Castnia inca Walker, Butler, 1877 View in CoL : Plt. M1, fig. 151.
Castnia inca Walker, Preiss, 1899 View in CoL , Plt. II, fig. 5.
Castnia inca Herrich-Schäffer View in CoL ; Druce, 1883: 26.
Castnia clitarcha Westwood (machoƋ); Druce, 1883:26 [Westwood’s Ƌ C. clitarcha may be from Nicaragua since the ♀ is from Panama, but Druce does not include Nicaragua in the range of C. inca , mentioning only Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Venezuela].
Castnia inca hondurana Strand, 1913: 11 View in CoL [ Honduras].
Aciloa inca Walker ; Houlbert, 1918:438.
Castnia inca inca Walker ; Miller 1972:4-5, figs. 5, 7, 18-21, 28-31 [Miller considers Westwood’s Ƌ clitarcha Westwood to be a synonym of Castnia inca , but there is no specific locality, hence the type locality of Nicaragua; Walker does not clearly define one or the other species.
Athis inca (WALKER) ; Fletcher & Nye, 1982:2 [the designated Lectotype is from Honduras] .
Athis inca (Walker) View in CoL , Miller, 1995: 134.
Athis inca inca (Walker) View in CoL ; Lamas, 1995:76.
Athis inca inca (Walker) View in CoL [ Honduras], Lamas, 1995: 76.
Athis inca inca (Walker) View in CoL , Miller et al., 2012:10.
Athis inca (Walker) ; González y Hernández-Baz, 2012:148 [mention that Athis inca y Athis clitarcha overlap in Honduras and Guatemala].
Athis inca (Walker) View in CoL ; Salazar et al., 2013: 9 [according to Lamas (1995) the Holotype is from Honduras].
This is the most common ssp. in the Athis inca complex ( Miller 1972). It can be found from Mexico to Panama, and it is a highly variable ssp. ( Miller 1972; González et al. 2008). It is a day-flying moth with the highest peak of activity around noon. Specimens had been collected after being attracted to fermented plantain bait (ripe plantain, sugar, and beer) ( González et al. 2008). It was described by Walker (1854; as Castnia inca ) from material collected in “ Mexico, Venezuela, and Honduras.” Even though it can be frequently found in Mexico, it appears to be rare in Honduras. Also, we have not been able to find another specimen from Venezuela. The only one we know from that country is Walker (1854) specimen in the NHMUK. Eventually, the type locality for Athis inca (Walker) was designated as “ Honduras ” ( Fletcher & Nye 1982). Houlbert (1918) mentions that he examined five specimens in the Charles Oberthür collection.
Material examined: 1 Ƌ, Type, 45, 123 [“from Mr. Dyson’s collection”] ( NHMUK); 1 Ƌ , Type, 88. Wittk., Castnia inca Wlk. ab. hondurana, Strand det., Inca H.S. ( MNHU) .
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Natural History Museum, London |
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Athis inca inca Walker, 1854
Berghe, Eric Den 2020 |
Athis inca (Walker)
Salazar, J. A. & Rodriguez, G. & Rodriguez, C. 2013: 9 |
Athis inca (Walker)
Miller, J. Y. 1995: 134 |
Athis inca inca (Walker)
Lamas, G. 1995: 76 |
Castnia inca hondurana
Strand, E. 1913: 11 |
Castnia clitarcha
Westwood, J. O. 1877: 176 |