16. Neotheronia montezuma (Cresson, 1874)

(Figs 27–30)

Theronia montezuma Cresson 1874: 395 [♀ ♂ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba Córdoba, Mirador].

References. Cameron 1886: 264 [ Theronia; “common Mexican species”, Mexico (Veracruz)]. Krieger 1905: 305 [Mexico]. Morley 1914: 56 [remarks; “the commonest Mexican species”, Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán, etc.)]. Cresson 1916: 44 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated, Mexico, Veracruz]. Townes & Townes 1966: 35 [ Theronia (Neotheronia); catalogue; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 429 [description; Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán), Costa Rica, Venezuela]. Gauld et al. 1998: 131 [in key; Costa Rica; host]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 1999: 36 [Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [Brazil (Minas Gerais)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 73 [El Salvador]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 66 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. González-Moreno & Bordera 2012: 36 [Mexico (Yucatán)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ (UAT) San Carlos, Rincón Murillo, Selva Baja, 20.x.1995, coll. S. Hernández A. & C.A. Covarrubias D. 1 ♂ (UAT) Llera, 44 km S of Cd. Victoria, matorral, Malaise trap, 21–28.x.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 1 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Alta Cimas, 12.x.1990, coll. S. Varela F. 1 ♂ (UAT) same locality, Malaise trap, 19–26.vi.1999, coll. S. Hernández A. 1 ♀ (UAT) same locality and trap, 900 m, 9–16.ix.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 1 ♂ (UAT) Cd. Victoria— Soto La Marina, km 68, 11.v.1985, coll. E. Ruíz C. Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco, 900 m, Malaise trap, 2016, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. (all in UAT): 17–28.iv (1 ♀), 29.iv–14.v (1 ♀), 9–29.vii (1 ♀, 2 ♂), 30.vii–12.viii (1 ♂). San Luis Potosí : 1 ♀ (FSCA) 12 km S of Valles, Ruta 85, Hotel Covadonga, 27–29.vi.1981, coll. C. Porter & L.A. Stange. 1 ♀ (AEIC) 24 km “W.N.” Morelos, El Naranjo, 9.x.1962, coll. H. & M. Townes, “HOMOTYPE Theronia montezuma ’63 Cr. H. K. Townes” . Jalisco: 1 ♂ (UNAM) Biological Station Chamela, camino Antiquo, 19.50476°N, 105.0367°W, 59 m, dry forest, 22.xi.2009, coll. A. Zaldívar R. Veracruz: 1 ♀ (UAT) SW of Xalapa, park near Institute de Ecología, 19°30.768’N, 96°56.349’W, 1260 m, 17–18.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ (ZISP) same data, but 12–14.iv.2014 . 1 ♀ (EMEC) Fortin de las Flores, 1010 m, 7–12.vii.1974, coll. J.A. Chemsak, E. & J. Linsley, J. Powell. 1 ♀ (UNAM) Biological Station Los Tuxtlas, 20–22.viii.1988, coll. C. Beautelspocher. 1 ♂ (EMEC) same data, but 1–9.vii.1988, coll. J.A. Chemsak. Morelos: 3 ♀ (UAT), 1 ♂ (CIUM) N of Cuernavaca, Chamilpa, 13.ii.1991, coll. G. Peña. 1 ♀ (UAT) Tepoztlán, 18°59’51”N, 99°05’55”W, 1490 m, 5.iii.2010, coll. A.E. Humala. Oaxaca : 1 ♀ (IPN) Cuilapam, Nogal, Malaise trap, 12.iii.2005, coll. J.M. Maldonado. 1 ♀ (EMEC) Temascal, 19.i.1964, coll. K.H. Janzen. 1 ♀ (TAMU) 5 mi. S of Candelaria Loxicha, 18–19.vii.1974, coll. Clark, Murray, Ashe & Schaffner. 1 ♀ (TAMU) 2 mi. N of Candelaria Loxicha, 17.vii.1985, coll. Jones & Schaffner. COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Guanacaste Prov., Santa Rosa National Park, 300 m, iii–v.1984, coll. I.D. Gauld (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Veracruz, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Yucatán), El Salvador, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil (Minas Gerais).

Biology. Reared from cocoon of Acharia Hübner ( Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Costa Rica (Gauld et al. 1998). One male from Venezuela probably was reared from Sibene sp. ( Limacodidae), a common pest of cultivated palms (Gauld 1991).