The Brazilian species of the Neotropical genus Ophitis Felder & Felder, 1874 with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Heterocampinae)
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Lepidoptera, Notodontidae, Hetrocampinae, Ophitis, synonyms, new species, Neotropical, Brazil, genitalia, illustrationsAbstract
Seven species of Ophitis Felder & Felder, 1874 are recorded for Brazil: O. adusta (Rothschild, 1917), O. biplaga (Rothschild, 1917), O. lemoulti (Schaus, 1905), O. magnaria Felder & Felder, 1874, O. mielkei Becker, sp. n., O. mistura (Schaus, 1905), and O. rothschildi (Draudt, 1932). Except for O. mistura (Schaus, 1905) and O. rothschildi (Draudt, 1932), the other five are new records for the country.
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