A review of the Neotropical Apatelodidae genus Prothysana Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea)
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Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Apatelodinae, Prothysana, new species, distribution, NeptropicalAbstract
Three species of Prothysana Walker, 1855, are recognized, one of them, from Brazil, described as new: P. felderi (Druce, 1887); P. magna Becker & Orlandin, sp. nov., and P. terminalis Walker, 1855. Diagnosis, key, and illustrations of both the adults and the genitalia are presented to enable their recognition.
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