Carineta postica Walker, 1858a

Carineta postica Walker, 1858a: 23 .

Carineta viridicata (Walter) [sic] Salazar Escobar, 2005: 195, 200 fig. 3.

The picture of the specimen from the UNCC has the fuscous spot at the apex of the anal area of the hind wing, which is characteristic of C. postica .

The species has been reported from Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia and Guatemala (Metcalf 1963c; Duffels and van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2010). Jacobi (1907) lists Cauca-Tal as a collecting site and Salazar Escobar (2005) lists Putomayo, Mocoa.

Material examined. “ Bonda, Colombia, Acc. No. 1999, May” (one male and one female, AFSC). Photograph of a female “ COLOMBIA, Mocoa, Putomayo, En. 15/ 98, leg. Salazar JJILS ” (UNCC) .