title: Description of a new species and subspecies of Idalus Walker from Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini).
abstract: A new species and subspecies of Idalus Walker are described from Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala. Images of males and females and their genitalia are provided. Locality information and distribution maps for Costa Rica and for Guatemala are included. The biology and phylogeny of Idalus are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), 22-3100 Santo Domingo de Heredia, COSTA RICA.
authors.forename: Bernardo A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Janzen
authors.lastname: Winnie Hallwachs
authors.lastname: J Bolling Sullivan
keywords: Arctiinae; Arctiini; Costa Rica; Erebidae; Guatemala; Honduras; Idalus maesi Laguerre; Idalus maesi faustinoi subsp. n.; Idalus paulae sp. n.; Lepidoptera; Myrtaceae