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Issue: Vol. 5284 No. 3: 12 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.3.1
Page range: 401-444
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Prominent moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) of Colombia

Laboratorio de Entomología; Departamento de Biología; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Bogotá D.C.; Colombia
Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano; Semillero Sistemática de Artrópodos Neotropicales; Programa de Biología; Universidad del Atlántico; Barranquilla; Colombia
Department of Entomology; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History; Washington; D.C.; U.S.A. /McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity; Florida Museum of Natural History; Gainesville; FL 32611; USA
Lepidoptera checklist Cerurinae dicranurinae dioptinae dudusinae endemic species Hemiceratinae Heterocampinae Neotropical moths Nystaleinae

Abstract

Based on literature review, curatorial work in national and international collections, information available on online databases, and field work conducted from 2017 to 2022, we provide the first checklist for the family Notodontidae in Colombia. A total of 515 species (51 endemics), 122 genera, 7 subfamilies as well as 108 new records for Colombia are presented. These data position Colombia as the country with the third highest diversity of prominent moths in the world, based on current knowledge. Furthermore, 239 known hostplants are listed for 91 species. The distribution map of the family shows the highest concentration of national records in the Andean and Pacific regions. Future surveys in less explored zones, long-term monitoring, expansion and maintenance of biological collections, and working collaboratively with communities will surely increase the known diversity as well as the conservation of prominent moths in Colombia.

 

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