Catasticta seitzi Lathy & Rosenberg, 1912

Bollino, Maurizio & Costa, Mauro, 2007, An illustrated annotated check-list of the species of Catasticta (s. l.) Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Venezuela, Zootaxa 1469, pp. 1-42 : 10

10 Catasticta seitzi Lathy & Rosenberg, 1912 (TL: W-Colombia, Rio Cauca, Guabinas)

(fig. 8: a-d; fig. 21)

Catasticta seitzi had not previously been reported from Venezuela, so we were perplexed at finding Venezuelan specimens of C. seitzi collected on the Cordillera de La Costa (Aragua and Distrito Federal, now Distrito Capital) and represented in most public and private Venezuelan collections. The peculiar wing pattern of these specimens is reminiscent of nominotypical C. seitzi from the Colombian Cordillera Oriental, but differs consistently in some characters on the ventral surfaces of both wings. Although differences in ventral wing patterns often differentiate species of Catasticta , we opt for the more conservative strategy of describing the Venezuelan population of C. seitzi as a new subspecies.