Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)

The Institute of Natural Sciences of Colombia’s National University, Bogotá is a repository of objects and organisms that are part of the general and natural history of this megadiverse South American country. During a recent curation of moths deposited in the entomology collection of the museum we...

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Main Authors: J. M. González, M. Gonzalo Andrade-C., B. Worthy, F. Hernández-Baz
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Published: Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología 2017-09-01
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Online Access:https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/935
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description The Institute of Natural Sciences of Colombia’s National University, Bogotá is a repository of objects and organisms that are part of the general and natural history of this megadiverse South American country. During a recent curation of moths deposited in the entomology collection of the museum we came across a small group of giant butterfly-moths (Castniidae). These included eleven taxa in three genera, according to a recent taxonomy of this Neotropical family. Most specimens have detailed collecting information, and with some exceptions, they are in good shape and have been well maintained. We provide herein some historical background about the museum as well as general comments on the Castniid taxa under the museum’s care.
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spelling doaj-art-f4c097b1df444dd2b7738396fd4ffd1d2025-08-20T03:36:08ZengSociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de LepidopterologíaSHILAP2340-40782017-09-014517910.57065/shilap.935Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)J. M. González0M. Gonzalo Andrade-C.1B. Worthy2F. Hernández-Baz3California State UniversityUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIndependent ResearchUniversidad Veracruzana The Institute of Natural Sciences of Colombia’s National University, Bogotá is a repository of objects and organisms that are part of the general and natural history of this megadiverse South American country. During a recent curation of moths deposited in the entomology collection of the museum we came across a small group of giant butterfly-moths (Castniidae). These included eleven taxa in three genera, according to a recent taxonomy of this Neotropical family. Most specimens have detailed collecting information, and with some exceptions, they are in good shape and have been well maintained. We provide herein some historical background about the museum as well as general comments on the Castniid taxa under the museum’s care. https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/935LepidopteraCastniidaebiodiversity faunistics NeotropicalColombia
spellingShingle J. M. González
M. Gonzalo Andrade-C.
B. Worthy
F. Hernández-Baz
Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
SHILAP
Lepidoptera
Castniidae
biodiversity
faunistics
Neotropical
Colombia
title Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
title_full Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
title_fullStr Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
title_full_unstemmed Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
title_short Giant butterfly moths of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
title_sort giant butterfly moths of the instituto de ciencias naturales universidad nacional de colombia bogota colombia lepidoptera castniidae
topic Lepidoptera
Castniidae
biodiversity
faunistics
Neotropical
Colombia
url https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/935
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