MOTHS OF BELIZE
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
10. Apatelodidae
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The Apatelodidae are a small family of about 250 species which, with
the exception of a handful of species found in North America, are found only
in the New World tropics. The family
has not been the subject of any major illustrated revisions in recent years;
however, many of the then-known species are illustrated by Seitz (1925),
which permits approximate identifications and some distribution information.
All of the currently-known neotropical species in this family have been
catalogued by Becker (in Heppner, 1996), which provides modern generic
placement.
I have found twelve species to date in Belize,
of which I have been able provisionally to identify or partially identify
ten, as listed below -
please click on any underlined species names to go to a colour
illustration of the adult
(and sometimes its genitalia) and brief information on
the species.
The genus Olceclostera
Olceclostera azteca
Schaus 1894
Olceclostera basifusca Draudt 1929
The genus Apatelodes
Apatelodes palma Druce 1900
Apatelodes garleppi Draudt 1929
The genus Ephoria
Ephoria lybia Druce 1898 (form nubilosa (?) Dognin 1924)
The genus Quentalia
Quentalia ephonia Stoll 1791
Quentalia drepanoides Walker 1866
The genus Epia
Epia Muscosa Butler 1878
The genus Torisa
Torisa sp. indet.
The genus Drepatelodes
Drepatelodes sp. indet.
Unknown genera
Genus & species indet. 1
Genus & species indet. 2
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