Esthemopsis chocoana
Andrew V. Z. BrowerIntroduction
A recently-described species from northwestern Colombia. Perhaps a mimic of members of Hypocrita (Arctiidae: Pericopinae).Type material
Holotype: Male. Colombia: Valle, Río Tatabro, 150 m. 7 July 1982. leg. L. M. Constantino. specimen retained by the collector.
Two paratype males are known from the same locality.
References
Rodriguez, G., Salazar Escobar, J.A.,Constantino, L.M. 2011. Description of new species and new records of riodinids (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) from Colombia. Boletin Cientifico del Centro de Museos - Museo de Historia Natural, Caldas 14, 215-237.
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