Abstract:
We describe nine new species in the genus Uramya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from Area
de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica. All species were reared
from an ongoing inventory of wild-caught caterpillars spanning a variety of families
(Lepidoptera: Erebidae; Limacodidae; Megalopygidae; Lasiocampidae and Dalceridae).
Our study provides a concise description of each new species using morphology, life
history, molecular data, and photographic documentation. In addition to the new species
the authors provide a redescription the previously described Uramya sibinivora Guimarães,
which was also collected within ACG during this study. We also provide a redescription of
the genus, and a revised key to species of Uramya occurring in Central and South America.
