Catasticta
Creators: name: Lamas, Gerardo
name: Bollino, Maurizio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pieridae
Catasticta

description: Key to species and subspecies of Catasticta of the “ amastris ” group
1a. HW outer margin smooth or weakly scalloped.......................................................... 2
1b. HW outer margin strongly scalloped ....................................................................... 10
2a. HW above with extensive yellow coloration covering most of the basal two­thirds.. ................................................................................................................ (marcapita) 3
2b. HW above with yellow coloration restricted to a narrow discal band and a widely separate submarginal band of intervening spots ........................................................ 5
3a. HW above with yellow submarginal band almost completely fused to the yellow basal two­thirds...................................................................................... m. marcapita
3b. HW above with yellow submarginal band widely separated from the yellow basal two­thirds ................................................................................................................... 4
4a. HW above with black basal area reaching vein Rs ...................................... m. roberti
4b. HW above with black basal area ending at least 2 mm before vein Rs ....................... ........................................................................................................ m. boettgeri n.ssp.
5a. HW above with yellow submarginal band formed by wide wedge­shaped inter­ venous spots; below with yellow submarginal band ............................... paucartambo
5b. HW above with yellow submarginal band formed by narrow intervenous spots;
below with silvery submarginal band .................................................... (semiramis) 6 6a HW costal cell above wholly yellowish.......................................... s. costarum n.ssp.
6b HW costal cell above with proximal half brown ....................................................... 7
7a. HW above with a round distal spot in discal cell....................................................... 8
7b HW above without round distal spot in discal cell ...................................... s. belmira
8a. FW below with whitish­yellow spots ....................................................... s. semiramis
8b. FW below with greenish­yellow spots....................................................................... 9
9a HW above with discal band obsolete ............................................................... s. palla
9b HW above with discal band present ................................................. s. willmotti n.ssp.
10a. FW above with outer border of discal band concave, spot at the base of cell M2­M3 minute or absent..................................................................................... (amastris) 11
10b. FW above with outer border of discal band straight or convex, spot at the base of cell M2­M3 present, well­developed.............................................................................. 12
11a. HW above with submarginal band obsolete .............................................. a. amastris
11b. HW above with submarginal band present, formed by narrow arrowhead­shaped spots ...................................................................................................................... a. dentata
12a. Wings above with discal bands white or dirty white; HW above with submarginal band usually composed of long, narrow intervenous stripes, sometimes widened into arrowhead­shaped spots ............................................................................. (striata) 13
12b. Wings above with discal bands yellowish or dirty yellowish; HW above with sub­ marginal band composed of short, arrowhead­shaped intervenous spots or short stripes .................................................................................................................................. 15
13a. HW discal band above nearly obsolete. .......................................................... s. batesi
13b. HW discal band above always present..................................................................... 14
14a. HW discal band above pure white ................................................................. s. striata
14b. HW discal band above washed with grey scales .......................................... s. jimbura
15a. HW below with a yellow spot at the base of cell CuA2­2A............... (socorrensis) 16
15b. HW below without a yellow spot at the base of cell CuA2­2A................................ 17
16a. FW below with discal spots wide and subrectangular ........................... s. socorrensis
16b. FW below with discal spots narrow and rounded ............................... s. cotopaxiensis
17a. HW above with submarginal band composed of short, narrow intervenous stripes (wider in females); below with white at the base of cells M1­M2 and CuA1­CuA2 extensive, narrowly connected along the veins to the silvery submarginal spots........ .......................................................................................................... vilcabamba n.sp.
17b. HW above with submarginal spots composed of short, wide arrowhead­shaped inter­ venous spots; below with white at the base of cells M1­M2 and CuA1­CuA2 reduced to a few scales, not connected along the veins to the silvery submarginal spots......... ................................................................................................................... abiseo n.sp.
description: Published as part of Lamas, Gerardo & Bollino, Maurizio, 2004, Revisional notes on the " amastris " group of Catasticta Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with descriptions of new species and subspecies, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 605 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158584