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A new genus of Alheitini (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae, Lacosominae) from Central America

  • Ryan A. St Laurent1,2,3
  • Daniel Herbin4
  • Daniel Janzen5
  • Winnie Hallwachs5
5 affiliations
  1. 1Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder United States of America https://ror.org/02ttsq026
  2. 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder United States of America https://ror.org/02ttsq026
  3. 3Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0127, USA Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC United States of America https://ror.org/01pp8nd67
  4. 47, Le Clos de Lutché, 31380, Garidech, France Unaffiliated Garidech France
  5. 5Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia United States of America https://ror.org/00b30xv10
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Abstract

Flammopenna gen. nov., is erected for F. mayasp. nov., sole member of the new genus. This taxon had been recently included in a complete phylogenomic study of all named Mimallonidae genera but has eluded description until now. The new monotypic genus, recognizable by its relatively small size, falcate wing tips, and mostly uniform rusty-red coloration, occurs from Mexico throughout Central America to at least Costa Rica. Based on prior phylogenomic data, it is most closely related to a rarely collected South American genus, Arianula Herbin which contains two species distributed in the Amazon and Brazilian Cerrado. The new genus is so far the only mimallonid taxon known to feed on the plant family Ebenaceae.

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@article{laurent2026genus,
  title = {{A new genus of Alheitini (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae, Lacosominae) from Central America}},
  author = {Ryan A. St Laurent and Daniel Herbin and Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs},
  journal = {ZooKeys},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1295.185731},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1295.185731},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - A new genus of Alheitini (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae, Lacosominae) from Central America
AU  - Ryan A. St Laurent
AU  - Daniel Herbin
AU  - Daniel Janzen
AU  - Winnie Hallwachs
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/26
JO  - ZooKeys
DO  - 10.3897/zookeys.1295.185731
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1295.185731
AB  - Flammopenna gen. nov., is erected for F. mayasp. nov., sole member of the new genus. This taxon had been recently included in a complete phylogenomic study of all named Mimallonidae genera but has eluded description until now. The new monotypic genus, recognizable by its relatively small size, falcate wing tips, and mostly uniform rusty-red coloration, occurs from Mexico throughout Central America to at least Costa Rica. Based on prior phylogenomic data, it is most closely related to a rarely collected South American genus, Arianula Herbin which contains two species distributed in the Amazon and Brazilian Cerrado. The new genus is so far the only mimallonid taxon known to feed on the plant family Ebenaceae.
SN  - 1313-2989
SN  - 1313-2970
ER  -