Revision of the genus Vanenga Schaus, 1928 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) with the description of a new species.

ABSTRACT: Vanenga Schaus, 1928, like many other Mimallonidae genera being revised in recent years, has not been studied since Schaus (1928) in his revision of the family. This currently monotypic genus is entirely restricted to South America, with no known representatives in Central or North America. Prior to this work, Schaus (1928) and subsequent lists of the family (Gaede 1931, Becker 1996) have mentioned the single species Vanenga mera (Dognin, 1924) described from the Brazilian Amazon (Pará state). In Schaus (1928) this species is listed as occurring in both Amazonia and southeastern Brazil. In completing the present article, numerous "type" specimens have been discovered bearing three different manuscript names associated with the populations of southeastern Brazil and adjacent a

SUBMITTER: St Laurent RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5242260 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature