Corticea schwarzi (E. Bell, 1941)

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 88

Corticea schwarzi (E. Bell, 1941) and Corticea sylva (Hayward, 1942) are species distinct from Corticea mendica (Mabille, 1898)

Treated by Evans (1955) as subspecies of Corticea mendica (Mabille, 1898) (type locality Bolivia), Lerodea schwarzi Bell, 1941 (type locality Colombia: Cali) and Lerodea sylva Hayward, 1942 (type locality Ecuador and Colombia: Muzo) show genetic differentiation among them at the level consistent with them being species-level taxa ( Fig. 16 ). For example, COI barcodes of L. schwarzi and L. sylva differ by 2.6% (17 bp) and of C. mendica and L. sylva by 5.3% (35 bp). Their wing pattern differences and localities are consistent with these results. Therefore, we reinstate Corticea schwarzi (E. Bell, 1941) and Corticea sylva (Hayward, 1942) as species.

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Figure 16. Genomic tree of Anthoptina, Falgina and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.