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Issue: Vol. 5621 No. 3: 16 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.3.3
Page range: 335-352
Abstract views: 109
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Four new species of Acronyctodes Edwards (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Mesoamerica

Laboratorio de Sistemática de Polillas, Colección Nacional de Insectos (CNIN), Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA.
Departamento de Ecología y Sistemática Terrestre, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México.
biodiversity Costa Rica Mexican Transition Zone Sonora taxonomy Lepidoptera

Abstract

Four new species of Acronyctodes are described and illustrated: A. gabrieli Matson sp. nov., A. asignum Matson sp. nov., A. bisbili Murillo-Vázquez sp. nov., and A. corrugata Matson & Garzón-Orduña sp. nov. Each species is distinguished by unique genitalic features, different DNA barcode data, and in some cases, interspecific larval color patterns. With the addition of these new species and the exclusion of Acronyctodes thinballa from the genus, the total number of species in Acronyctodes has doubled to eight.

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How to Cite

Garzón-Orduña, I.J., Matson, T.A. & Vázquez, A.M. (2025) Four new species of Acronyctodes Edwards (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Mesoamerica. Zootaxa, 5621 (3), 335–352. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.3.3