The Lepidoptera of Cuatrociénegas Protected Area 1. A new species in the genus Callistege Hübner, [1823] (Erebidae, Erebinae, Euclidiini) from the Chihuahuan Desert, Coahuila, Mexico

Nicholas T Homziak; David C Lightfoot; Eric H Metzler; Kelly B Miller

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1044.59773

The Lepidoptera of Cuatrociénegas Protected Area 1. A new species in the genus Callistege Hübner, [1823] (Erebidae, Erebinae, Euclidiini) from the Chihuahuan Desert, Coahuila, Mexico

Zookeys. 2021 Jun 16:1044:783-796. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1044.59773. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Nicholas T Homziak^{1

2}, David C Lightfoot¹, Eric H Metzler³, Kelly B Miller¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA University of New Mexico Albuquerque United States of America.
² Entomology and Nematology Department, P. O. Box 110620, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620, USA U.S.N.M. Natural History Museum Alamogordo United States of America.
³ U.S.N.M. Natural History Museum; Museum of Southwestern Biology, P.O. Box 45, Alamogordo, NM 88311-0045, USA University of Florida Gainesville United States of America.

Abstract

A new species of Callistege Hübner, [1823] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Euclidiini) is described from Cuatrociénegas Protected Area and Biosphere Preserve in Coahuila, Mexico. Adult male and female moths are illustrated, including genitalia. Callistege clara Homziak & Metzler, sp. nov. is one of 27 new species of insects discovered during an inventory survey of arthropods of White Sands National Monument, USA, and Cuatrociénegas Protected Area (Mexico), funded by the U.S. National Park Service. The Cuatrociénegas Basin is known for high endemism of aquatic and wetland biota within the Chihuahuan Desert. Callistege clara Homziak & Metzler, sp. nov. was found in a wetland environment.

Keywords: Biological diversity hotspot; Callistege clara; White Sands; desert wetlands; gypsum dunes geologic formation.

Nicholas T. Homziak, David C. Lightfoot, Eric H. Metzler, Kelly B. Miller.