MOTHS OF BELIZE
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
14a. Sematuridae

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The SEMATURIDAE are a small, mainly neotropical family, containing about 35 species. The genus Apoprogones is tropical African, but the other three genera in the family - Nothus (4 species); Coronidia (4 species) and Homidiana (20 species) are tropical American. Coronidia and Homidiana are small species, with wingspans up to 60 mm and have short tails and are colourful in appearance, resembling small Brassolid butterflies. The four species of Nothus, by contrast, are up to 80 mm in wingspan, with long tails, and are marked with sombre browns and ochres.

I have collected no species of this subfamily in Belize to date; however, Dr. Barry Fox photographed a single unidentified specimen of a Nothus, as listed below, at Pook's Hill in December 1998 and this photograph is shown here. The specimen was not collected and hence its identity remains uncertain.


Nothus sp. indet. 1


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