Scientific Note: Observations on the courtship and other biological aspects of <i>Athis hechtiae</i> (Dyar, 1910) (Castniidae) in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico

José de Jesús García Díaz; Jacqueline Y. Miller; Jorge M. González

Scientific Note: Observations on the courtship and other biological aspects of <i>Athis hechtiae</i> (Dyar, 1910) (Castniidae) in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico

Authors

José de Jesús García Díaz
Jacqueline Y. Miller
Jorge M. González

Abstract

Athis hechtiae is a giant butterfly-moth endemic to Mexico, and frequently seen in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley in Puebla and Oaxaca. Details on courtship as well as ecology, plant associations and other previously unknown bionomic and behavior details are provided.