II. Corybantes Hübner, [1819] According to the latest taxonomic revision, this genus has four large species: C. dolopia (H. Druce, 1907), C. mathani (Oberthür, 1881), C. pylades (Stoll, 1782), and C. veraguana (Westwood, 1877) (Moraes & Duarte 2014), although, how closely related they are is open to some doubt (Worthy et al. 2022). They are largely dark moths that show only slight sexual dimorphism (Lamas 1995; Vinciguerra 2008; Moraes & Duarte 2014). Most taxa are South American; however, C. veraguana veraguana (Westwood, 1877) is known from Central America (Maes & González 2022). Reports indicate that individuals fly during the day (from 9 a.m. to noon), however, some have been collected with mercury vapor light traps at night (Miller 1986, Vinciguerra 2008; Cock & González 2012; Jean-Michel Maes, pers. comm.). Specimens of the possibly related C. mathani have been observed flying during the morning, but also during the twilight hours in Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela (Cock & González 2012; Francisco de la Villa, Renato & Roberto Mattei, pers. comm.). Not much is known about the biology, ecology, and behavior of the taxa. Strand (1913) reported that C. pylades larvae feed on bananas (Musaceae); while Moss (1945) recorded females of this species ovipositing on various species of palms (Arecaceae) in Pará, Brazil. Moss (1945) also pointed out that Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart. (= Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. Ex Mart.) (Arecaceae) could possibly be the host plant for C. mathani in Pará, Brazil.

Published as part of García-Díaz, José De Jesús, Espinoza-Sanabria, Bernardo A., Worthy, Robert, González, Jorge M., Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2024, Synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Costa Rica, pp. 151-202 in Zootaxa 5481 (2) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/12749637