Athis hechtiae
Creators: name: González, Jorge M.
name: López, Bernardo
name: Díaz, José De Jesús García
name: Simon, Sabrina
name: Sarto, Víctor
name: Worthy, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Castniidae
Athis
Athis hechtiae

description: Athis hechtiae (Dyar, 1910)
(Figs. 1A–1B)
Castnia hechtiae Dyar, 1910: 269.
Material examined: PUEBLA: 1♂, Holotype, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, June 1909, on Hechtia, R. Müller, Cat. No. 13038 (USNM); 1♂, Tehuacán, Mexico, June ’10, R. Müller Collector, Castnia hechtiae, USNM ENT 00475765, Slide by Simeão leg ♂ USNM 96288, Genitalia slide by Simeão S.M., USNM 96260 (USNM); 1♂, Tehuacán, Mexico, June ’10, R. Müller Collector, (USNM); 1♀, Tehuacán Mex[ico], R. Müller Collector, Castnia hechtiae, ♀, Tehuacán, June 10, Genitalia slide by Simeão S.M. USNM 96266, USNM ENT 00475704 (USNM); 1♂, Castnia hechtiae, N° 9387, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, julio, coll. R. Müller (MHNCM); 1♀, Castnia hechtiae, N° 2102, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, julio, coll. R. Müller (MHNCM); 1♂, Tehuacán, Mexico, VI-1910, 905 Cornell U. lot 828, sub. 8 (CUIC); 1♂, Tehuacán, 6 mi [les]. SW Puebla, Mexico, 9-VII-1973, Coll. J.C. Schaffner et al., Orthia hectiae [sic] Dyar, ♂, det. Jacqueline Y. Miller, 1982 (TAMU); 1♂, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 2- VI-2010, Coll. B. López G. (BLG); 3♂♂, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, VI-2010, Coll. B. López G. (BLG); 1♂, Mexico, Tehuacán, 1913‒443, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403371 (NHMUK); 1♂, Tehuacán (Mex.), Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, Castnia hechtiae, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, BMNH (E)1403372 (NHMUK); 1♂, Mexico, Tehuacán, 1913‒443, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403373 (NHMUK); 1♂, Mexico, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Mexico, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, Ex Coll. Herbert Druce, 1913, BMNH(E) 1403374 (NHMUK); 1♂, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, 62. 24. Mexico, Pres. By Prof. M. Draudt, BMNH(E) 1403375 (NHMUK); 1♂, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Mexico, BMNH(E) 1403378 (NHMUK); 1♂, Castnia hechtiae Dyar, Tehuacán (Mexico), 142, BMNH(E) 1403379 (NHMUK); 1♂, Tehuacán, Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403380 (NHMUK); 1♂, Tehuacán, Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, Tehuacán, BMNH (E) 1403381 (NHMUK); 1♂, C. hechtiae, 411, BMNH(E) 1403382 (NHMUK); 1♂, Tehuacán, Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, BMNH (E) 1403383 (NHMUK); 1♂, Tehuacán, Mexico, june 1910, Castnia hechtiae, BMNH (E) 1403384 (NHMUK); 1♂, Mexique, 1913, échange Le Moult, Muséum de Paris, 60. 25. Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, 59, BMNH(E) 1403376 (NHMUK); 1♀, Mexique, 1913, échange Le Moult, Muséum de Paris, hechtiae, 58, c.21 (MNHN); 1♂, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, June 2015, Coll.? (RW); 2♂♂, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 15/Jul/2016, Leg. B. López (RW); 2♂♂, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 1/Aug/2016, Leg. B. López (RW); 1♂, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 4/Jun/2008, Leg. P. Rodriguez (RW); 1♀, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 22/Jun/2015, (RW); 1♀, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 7/Jun/2012, Leg. B. López (RW); 1♀, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 12/Jul/2016, Leg. B. López (RW); 1♀, Desert shrub forest, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, 1800m, 20/Jul/2016, Leg. B. López (RW); 1♂, Tehuacán, Puebla, 26.IV.[20]10, Mexique (DC); 1♂, C. hechtiae, Tehuacán, Puebla, MEX.[ico], 29-5-2013 (DC);); 1♂, Puebla, Mexico, 6-2016 (DC); 1♀, Mexique, Puebla, Tehuacán, 1000m, VI/[20]15. (DC); 1♀, Tehuacán, Puebla, 26 Junio 2016, 1,800 m, dry desert – forest (DC); 1♂, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán, Puebla, 05 Julio 2011, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 2♂♂, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán, Puebla, 21 Junio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 2♂♂, La Lobera, Tehuacán, Puebla, 04 Julio 2015, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 3♂♂, La Lobera, Tehuacán, Puebla, 19 Julio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 2♂♂, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán, Puebla, 23 Junio 2014, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 1♀, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán, Puebla, 17 Julio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 1♀, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán, Puebla, 25 Junio 2016, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 1♀, San Diego Chalma, Tehuacán, Puebla, 19 Junio 2017, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); 2♀♀, La Lobera, Tehuacán, Puebla, 09 Junio 2015, Coll. J.J. García D. (JJGD); GUERRERO: 1♀, C. hechtiae ♀, 477, Mexico, Guerrero, 20.31, Joicey Bequest. Brit. Mus. 1934‒120, BMNH(E) 1403377 (NHMUK) [there is no doubt that this specimen is A. hechtiae, however, we believe that the locality data is incorrect]; OAXACA: 1♂, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1/Feb/1979, Col.?, (RW) [The date for this specimen does not coincide with typical collecting dates for the species, therefore we doubt its validity.]; 1♀, 2.1 mi. Totolapán, Oaxaca, Mexico, 7-VIII-1980, Coll. Shaffner & Friedlander (TAMU) [This locality is outside the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley; the specimen was possibly a vagrant]; VERACRUZ: 1♂, Presidio, Veracruz, VI-[19]42, T. Escalante (MGCL) [The locality of this specimen is very doubtful. The host plant of A. hechtiae is not present in this ecosystem, which is completely different from that of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley].
description: Published as part of González, Jorge M., López, Bernardo, Díaz, José De Jesús García, Simon, Sabrina, Sarto, Víctor & Worthy, Robert, 2021, Reinstatement of Athis miastagma (Dyar, 1925) (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) as a valid species inhabiting the Pacific slope of Central Mexico, pp. 300-322 in Zootaxa 5061 (2) on page 303, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5649512