A review of the Neotropical Apatelodidae genus Prothysana Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.1067

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Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Apatelodinae, Prothysana, new species, distribution, Neptropical

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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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2025-12-30

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Becker, V. O., & Orlandin, E. (2025). A review of the Neotropical Apatelodidae genus Prothysana Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 53(212), 789–798. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.1067

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