Abstract

CORRALES, Jorge F  and  EPSTEIN, Marc E. New species in the New World Natada complex (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Rev. biol. trop [online]. 2000, vol.48, n.2-3, pp.591-604. ISSN 0034-7744.

The following new species in the New World Natada complex are described: Natada minuscula, Natada cecilia, Natada lalogamezi, Natada kokii, Natada monteverdensis, Narosopsis iangauldi, and Euprosterna wemilleri. Natada minuscula is the smallest known species in the complex. Of the new species, only Natada kokii, Natada cecilia and Narosopsis iangauldi are known to occur outside of Costa Rica. Previously the New World Natada complex had 43 species in the neotropics. It is anticipated that the proportion of new species in the complex will exceed other major lineages of Limacodidae found in Costa Rica.

Keywords : Limacodidae; Natada complex; Natada; Narosopsis.