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Issue: Vol. 5777 No. 2: 18 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5777.2.6
Page range: 327-353
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Revision of Zapatodes Orlandin, Piovesan & Carneiro, 2025 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea, Apatelodidae) with description of seven new species

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná. P.O. Box 19020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil.
Department of Entomology; National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; Washington; DC 20013-7012; USA
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná. P.O. Box 19020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná. P.O. Box 19020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil.
Lepidoptera American silkworm moths morphology biodiversity taxonomic review

Abstract

Zapatodes is a Neotropical genus of apatelodid moths (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) that was proposed to encompass seven species previously placed in Apatelodes Packard, 1864 and Olceclostera Butler, 1879. The dissection of specimens with similar habitus revealed consistent morphological differences in the genitalia, suggesting the presence of several undescribed species and prompting a taxonomic revision of the genus. In this study, we describe seven new species in this genus: Zapatodes amada Orlandin & Piovesan sp. nov., Zapatodes chorotega Orlandin & Simões sp. nov., Zapatodes kambeba Orlandin, Piovesan & Carneiro sp. nov., Zapatodes miranha Orlandin, Piovesan & Carneiro sp. nov., Zapatodes mundurukania Orlandin, Piovesan & Carneiro sp. nov., Zapatodes pimenteira Orlandin & Piovesan sp. nov., and Zapatodes sullivani Orlandin & Simões sp. nov. Additionally, to ensure unambiguous identification of names, a neotype was designated for Zapatodes ennomoides (Walker, 1865). This revision doubles the number of known species in the genus to 14, significantly expanding our knowledge of the diversity, distribution, and biology of Apatelodidae.

 

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How to Cite

Orlandin, E., Simões, T., Piovesan, M. & Carneiro, E. (2026) Revision of Zapatodes Orlandin, Piovesan & Carneiro, 2025 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea, Apatelodidae) with description of seven new species. Zootaxa, 5777 (2), 327–353. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5777.2.6