Dunama indereci

Dunama indereci
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Dunama
Species:	D. indereci
Binomial name
	Dunama indereci; Chacón, 2013

Dunama indereci is a moth in the family Notodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, where it is known from the Villa Blanca, in San Ramon, Alajuela province, at an elevation of 1,115 meters in a montane pass between Costa Rica’s Cordillera de Tilaran and the Volcanica Central.^[1]

Description

The length of the forewings is 11.8–12.9 mm. The dorsal ground color is a mixture of gray-brown and beige scales. The veins are lined with gray, especially distally. The anal fold and cubitus are light brown and the orbicular spot is blackish brown. The reniform spot is diffuse and blackish brown and the fringe is gray brown. The dorsal hindwing is gray brown. The ventral surfaces of both wings is gray brown.

Biology

The larvae feed on Heliconia latispatha.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada in recognition of their support of information management and DNA barcode taxonomy at INBio for conservation, and particularly for its support of the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL initiated by the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario at the University of Guelph, Canada).

Gallery

Larvae - intermediate instar
Larvae - last instar

References

^ Chacón, I.A. ; D.H. Janzen ; W. Hallwachs ; J.B. Sullivan & M. Hajibabaei, 2013: Cryptic species within cryptic moths: new species of Dunama Schaus (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) in Costa Rica. Zookeys 264: 11-45. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4440 This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Chacón, I.A. ; D.H. Janzen ; W. Hallwachs ; J.B. Sullivan & M. Hajibabaei, 2013: Cryptic species within cryptic moths: new species of Dunama Schaus (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) in Costa Rica. Zookeys 264: 11-45. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4440 This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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