Falcicaputis praxia Prada-Lara & St Laurent & Weller & Fagua 2025, comb. n.

Falcicaputis praxia (Schaus, 1921), comb. n. Figs 12I, J, 13C, 14G. Type material: Holotype: GUATEMALA: Cayuga Guat / May/ Schaus and Barnes coll/ Gopha? praxia type Schaus/ TypeNo. 23439 U.S. N.M./ Photo done by A. SCHINTLMEISTER #30.089/ LECTOTYPE Gopha praxia Designated 2014 by Alexander Schintlmeister/ USNMENT00991089/ lysate frozen same USNM#/ St Laurent dissection USNMENT00991089/ Diagnosis. See diagnosis of F. australis above. Redescription. Male: Head: As for genus. Thorax: As for genus. Forewing length 11 mm (n = 1); Wings as for genus but darker brown overall and with continuous black apical band, and presence of light scales submarginally and antemedially.Abdomen: As for genus but the VIII sternite hourglass shaped and with a particularly long anterior projection. Terminalia: (Fig. 14G) (n = 1). As for genus but socii elongated with few spine-like setae at apices, valvae narrowly triangular with short costulae covered in thick spine-like setae, and phallus thin and short. Female: Unknown. Life history. Unknown. Distribution. Guatemala. Remarks. This species is known to us only by the lectotype.

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2025-04-23
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15324579
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Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
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Falcicaputis praxia Prada-Lara & St Laurent & Weller & Fagua 2025, comb. n.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
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Falcicaputis praxia Prada-Lara & St Laurent & Weller & Fagua 2025, comb. n.

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Falcicaputis praxia (Schaus, 1921), comb. n. Figs 12I, J, 13C, 14G. Type material: Holotype: GUATEMALA: Cayuga Guat / May/ Schaus and Barnes coll/ Gopha? praxia type Schaus/ TypeNo. 23439 U.S. N.M./ Photo done by A. SCHINTLMEISTER #30.089/ LECTOTYPE Gopha praxia Designated 2014 by Alexander Schintlmeister/ USNMENT00991089/ lysate frozen same USNM#/ St Laurent dissection USNMENT00991089/ Diagnosis. See diagnosis of F. australis above. Redescription. Male: Head: As for genus. Thorax: As for genus. Forewing length 11 mm (n = 1); Wings as for genus but darker brown overall and with continuous black apical band, and presence of light scales submarginally and antemedially.Abdomen: As for genus but the VIII sternite hourglass shaped and with a particularly long anterior projection. Terminalia: (Fig. 14G) (n = 1). As for genus but socii elongated with few spine-like setae at apices, valvae narrowly triangular with short costulae covered in thick spine-like setae, and phallus thin and short. Female: Unknown. Life history. Unknown. Distribution. Guatemala. Remarks. This species is known to us only by the lectotype.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO), Museum of Boulder (US)
Life in Land
Openalex Percentile: Top 48%
Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
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