Arocera apta (Walker, 1867)

Distribution. Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina.

Distribution in Colombia. Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Meta, Putumayo, Santander, and Valle del Cauca.

Remarks. Arocera apta has the humeral angles yellow, the connexivum uniformly pale yellow, and the abdominal sternites are uniformly pale yellow except for some black markings on the gonocoxite VIII.

References. Rider 1992.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: 1♀, Arauca, La Conquista, Fca. Macaguán, 120 m, v 1976, F. Ortíz / ICN _ 055434 (ICN); 1♀, Cundinamarca, Yacopí, Vda. La Oscura, Qda. Caipala, 400 m, 11 iii 2000, M. Rocha & Est. (ICN) ; Santander, Bucaramanga, 22 i 1974, Lozada / ICN _055428 (ICN); Putumayo, Puerto Asis, 26 ii 1972 / MPUJ _ ENT 0010745 (MPUJ _ ENT) .