taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B88784FFF0FFCA038BFB2E0106FE0B.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. HAITI, ex-Oberthür coll. Brit. Mus. 1927 - 3 (BMNH), male.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF0FFCA038BFB2E0106FE0B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis ♂. Three long dark brown markings each in forewing cell CuP- 1 A and on inner margin. Hindwings predominantly whitish, anterior half of discal cell, apex and external and internal margins light brown. Abdominal T 3 – 7 with orange scales laterally, and brown scales dorsally. Abdominal sternites predominantly brown. Tip of the aedeagus turned downwards. Dorsal abdominal intersegmental membrane 9 – 10 with paired projections shorter than the uncus in lateral view. Valvae with a longitudinal membranous slit making their tip bifurcated.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF0FFCA038BFB2E0106FE0B.taxon	description	Description ♂. Head. Proboscis light brown. Labial palpi reaching vertex in lateral view. First palpi segment brown dorsally and laterally, and yellowish ventrally. Second and third palpi segments predominantly brown, ventral surface with some beige scales. Third palpi segment slightly longer than wide. Frontoclypeus slightly longer than wide, predominantly smooth-scaled, scales brown; lateral and dorsal margins yellowish; dorsal extremity rough-scaled. Vertex and occiput brown medially and yellowish laterally. Ocular ring brown. Scape brown laterally and yellowish anteriorly and posteriorly. Pedicel predominantly yellowish, brown posteriorly. Flagellomeres predominantly dark brown; proximal third of the antennal segments yellowish on the inner surface. Cervical scales orange. Thorax. Mesothorax predominantly yellowish in dorsal view, with a brown middorsal stripe. Metascutellum yellowish with a small dorsal patch of orange scales. Patagia brown, with a broad yellowish stripe near the external margin, and a thin yellowish stripe at the inner margin. Anterior portion of tegulae yellowish, posterior portion brown with two thin yellowish stripes near external margin and on the internal margin. Epimera and episterna with long brown scales. Forecoxae predominantly brown, with whitish scales at the proximal portion of the inner side. Forefemora brown dorsally and whitish ventrally. Foretibiae predominantly brown, proximal half of the dorsal surface whitish. Foretarsi brown, except for the proximal margin of the first segment, whitish. Midcoxae whitish anteriorly. Other midleg segments as in forelegs. Hindlegs as midlegs, except for the tarsi, with a whitish dorsal stripe covering all tarsal segments. Forewings. Entirely scaled. Dorsal surface with veins predominantly covered with brown scales. Pattern of the dorsal surface of the forewings consisting of various dark brown spots (darker than the brown scales covering the veins) surrounded by yellowish scales, separated from each other by whitish scales. Costal margin with five long dark brown spots, the most apical spot very small. Discal cell with three spots. Cell R 4 – R 5 with two spots, the proximal much smaller than the apical. Cells R 5 – M 1 to M 3 – CuA 1 with three dark brown spots each. Cell CuA 1 – CuA 2 with the two proximal spots approximate or connected. Cell CuA 2 – CuP with five distinguishable spots, the apical one being continuous with that of cell CuP – 1 A, which has three spots. Inner margin with two long spots. Fringe of forewings alternating brown and whitish scales. Ventral surface with only two hues of scales, dark brown and whitish. Venation as in figure 3: R 1 arising before apex of discal cell. R 2 arising between the transversal vein and R 3, but closer to the former. M 2 and M 3 shortly stalked from the lower angle of the cell. Hindwings. Entirely scaled, predominantly whitish. Veins covered with brown scales. Apex, external and internal margin light brown. Venation as in figure 3: M 2 free, complete, arising just above the lower angle of the discal cell, M 3 and CuA 1 stalked from the lower angle of the cell. Abdomen. T 1 and postspiracular hoods entirely brown. T 2 brown, except for white laterals of posterior margin. T 3 – 7 brown dorsally and orange laterally. T 8 brown. Hair-like scales present on T 1 – 4. S 2 – 7 brown with white scales laterally. S 8 brown. T 8 and S 8 sclerotized. Ventral intersegmental membrane 7 – 8 with coremata. Male genitalia. Aedeagus approximately the same width throughout. Distal portion turned downwards. Ejaculatory duct positioned dorsally, and longer than the aedeagus. Coecum round. Vesica membranous, slightly sclerotized dorsally. Saccus developed, slightly asymmetrical. Tegumen glabrous, slightly asymmetrical, the left side somewhat longer than the right side. Anterior margin with a “ U ” - shaped indentation, posterior margin almost straight, perpendicular to the anteriorposterior body axis. Paired dorsal projections arising from the dorsal intersegmental membrane 9 – 10, bilobed, the ventral lobe densely covered by setae, the dorsal lobe with few lateral setae. Dorsal lobe shorter than the ventral lobe. Uncus symmetrical, compressed laterally, with few dorsal setae near its tip, and slightly longer than the ventral lobe of the dorsal projections. Apex round. Transtilla sclerotized, glabrous. Juxta sclerotized, longer than wide. Anellus predominantly membranous, with two sclerotized areas, one ventral, the other on the right side. Valvae slightly asymmetrical, the left positioned more anteriorly than the right, and slightly less developed. Neither reaching the uncus, and both with a dorsal longitudinal membranous slit leading to two separate tips, the ventral with heavily sclerotized spines, the dorsal without spines. Tips and internal surface of the valvae with setae.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF0FFCA038BFB2E0106FE0B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is an allusion to the most evident character that separates this species from the others placed in Nelphe (see below).	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF0FFCA038BFB2E0106FE0B.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Nelphe trimaculata sp. n. differs from other species of the genus mainly by the three linear dark brown markings on cell CuP – 1 A and on the inner margin of the forewings. In most of the other species of Nelphe these are more round than long, and even when long, as in the case of N. moeschleri, they occur in a number other than three spots. It also differs from most species of this genus by the predominantly brown, instead of white, abdominal sternites.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF5FFC8038BFDFE0421FD73.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. DOMINICA (E. A. Agar), Rothschild bequest B. M. 1939 – 1 (BMNH), male. One paratype. DOMINICA, Jan – Feb [19] 05 (E. A. Agar), Rothschild bequest B. M. 1939 – 1 (BMNH), 1 female.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF5FFC8038BFDFE0421FD73.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis ♂ and ♀. Five dark brown markings each in forewing cell CuP – 1 A and on inner margin. Hindwings predominantly whitish, apex and external and internal margins light brown. Abdominal T 3 – 5 with orange scales laterally, and brown scales dorsally. T 6 – 7 orange, except for the anterior margin, brown. S 2 – 6 whitish, S 7 in female, and S 7 – 8 in males brown. T 7 and S 7 of females with undeciduous setae. Aedeagus straight. Dorsal abdominal intersegmental membrane 9 – 10 with paired projections longer than the uncus in lateral view. Valvae with a simple apex, more or less round.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF5FFC8038BFDFE0421FD73.taxon	description	Description ♂. Head. Proboscis light brown. Labial palpi exceeding vertex in lateral view. First palpi segment brown dorsally and laterally, and yellowish ventrally. Second and third palpi segments brown, except for the tips, yellowish. Third palpi segment twice as long as wide. Frontoclypeus slightly longer than wide, predominantly smooth-scaled, except for the dorsal portion, rough-scaled. Scales predominantly brown, dorsal margin, yellowish. Vertex brown medially and yellowish laterally. Occiput brown anteriorly and yellowish posteriorly. Ocular ring brown. Scape brown laterally and yellowish anteriorly and posteriorly. Pedicel predominantly brown, inner surface whitish. Proximal flagellomeres as the pedicel. Cervical scales orange. Thorax. Mesothorax predominantly yellowish in dorsal view, with two brown areas, anteriorly and posteriorly. Metascutellum orange. Patagia predominantly brown, with a broad yellowish stripe near the external margin, and a thin yellowish stripe at the inner margin. Anterior portion of tegulae yellowish, posterior portion brown with a yellowish stripe near external margin and an orange stripe at the internal margin. Epimera and episterna with long brown and yellowish scales. Forecoxae brown anteriorly, with some yellowish scales at the proximal portion of the external side. Forefemora brown dorsally and whitish ventrally. Foretibiae predominantly brown, with a yellowish stripe between the anterior surface and the external lateral. Foretarsi brown, except for the proximal margin of the first segment, whitish. Midcoxae yellowish anteriorly. Midfemora as forefemora. Midtibiae predominantly brown, except for the proximal margin and the spurs, yellowish. Midtarsi as foretarsi, except for the distal margin of the last segment, yellowish. Hindlegs as midlegs, except for the tibiae, brown with yellowish spurs. Forewings. Entirely scaled. Dorsal surface with veins predominantly covered with brown scales, some areas with yellowish scales. Pattern of the dorsal surface of the forewings consisting of various dark brown spots (darker than the brown scales covering the veins) surrounded by yellowish scales, separated from each other by whitish scales. Costal margin with five long dark brown spots. Discal cell with three spots. Cell R 4 – R 5 with two spots, the distal slightly longer than the proximal. Cells R 5 – M 1 to CuA 1 – CuA 2 with three dark brown spots each. Cell CuA 2 – CuP with five distinguishable spots, the apical one being continuous with that of cell CuP – 1 A, which has five spots. Inner margin with three spots. Fringe of forewings alternating brown and whitish scales. Ventral surface with only two hues of scales, dark brown and whitish. Venation as in Nelphe trimaculata. Hindwings. Entirely scaled, predominantly whitish. Veins covered by brown scales. Anterior half of the discal cell, apex, external and internal margin light brown. Venation as in Nelphe trimaculata. Abdomen. T 1, postspiracular hoods, and T 2 entirely brown. T 3 – 5 brown dorsally and orange laterally. T 6 – 7 orange, except for the anterior margin, brown. T 8 brown. Hair-like scales present on T 1 – 4. S 2 – 6 whitish. S 7 – 8 brown. T 8 and S 8 of the male sclerotized. Ventral intersegmental membrane 7 – 8 with coremata. Male genitalia. Aedeagus smooth and straight, with approximately the same width throughout. Ejaculatory duct positioned dorsally, and longer than the Aedeagus. Coecum round. Vesica entirely membranous. Saccus slightly developed, asymmetrical. Tegumen glabrous, asymmetrical, the left side longer than the right side. Anterior margin with a “ U ” - shaped indentation, posterior margin almost straight, perpendicular to the anterior-posterior body axis. Paired dorsal projections arising from the intersegmental membrane 9 – 10, bilobed, the ventral lobe densely covered with setae, the dorsal lobe with few lateral setae. Dorsal lobe reaching the ventral lobe in lateral view. Uncus symmetrical, compressed laterally, with few dorsal setae near its tip, and slightly longer than the ventral lobe of the dorsal projections. Apex sharp. Transtilla sclerotized, glabrous. Juxta sclerotized, broad. Anellus predominantly membranous, with two sclerotized areas, one ventral, the other on the right side. Valvae slightly asymmetrical, both exceeding the uncus, and with a simple apex, densely covered by setae. Internal surface of the valvae also with setae. Description ♀. (adult not figured) Characters as in the male, except for the following: Head. Proximal third of the antennae whitish on the internal surface. Apex whitish dorsally. Thorax. Hindwings with three frenular bristles. Abdomen. T 8 orange anteriorly and brown posteriorly. T 7 and S 7 with undeciduous setae, more densely distributed in the latter. Female genitalia. T 8 conspicuously corrugated. Antevaginal lamella (S 8) glabrous, sclerotized, composed of two separated plates. T 9 sclerotized. Post-vaginal lamella (S 9) also sclerotized, with a medial ridge and few setae on its posterior margin. Anal papillae with a proximal protuberance, more densely covered by setae than the rest of their surface. Ostium centralized. Ductus bursae shorter than the corpus bursae, proximal portion slightly sclerotized. Corpus bursae predominantly membranous, approximately round, with very small signa medially and near the ductus bursae. Ductus seminalis arising from the corpus bursae, dorsally.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF5FFC8038BFDFE0421FD73.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is to be considered in apposition, and is an allusion to the type locality of this species.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
03B88784FFF5FFC8038BFDFE0421FD73.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The antennae of the male are broken, so it is unknown whether their tips are whitish as in the female. Nelphe dominica sp. n. differs from the other species of the genus mainly in the abdominal tergites T 6 – 7, with the orange scales covering the tergites not only laterally but also on the dorsal surface.	en	Pinheiro, Lívia R. (2016): Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079 (4): 487-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8
