Hypocrita aletta (Stoll, 1782)

Stoll, C. (1782). In: Cramer, P., De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de
drie Waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, vol. 4. S. J. Baalde, Amsterdam,
and B. Wild, Utrecht; pp. 221-222, pl. CCCXCVI fig. C (as Phalaena aletta).
Translated from the Dutch original.

Fig. C. Aletta. Has plumed antennae, a rolled proboscis, and belongs to the
family of those moths to which the Phal. Bicolora, Militaris, Papilionaris and
all other similar species belong. The body and the black ground of the wings
have a dark indigo-coloured sheen. On the underside the body and the wings are
not different from the upper side, except that the sheen there is more blue;
the legs are blue and glossy. It is from Surinam and is kept in the
last-mentioned distinguished Cabinet.

Hering, M. (1925). Pericopidae. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of
the World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges. Alfred Kernen,
Stuttgart; p. 435, pl. 61 c (as Eucyane aletta).

E. aletta Stoll (61 c). Black, with a blue lustre, head and thorax with white
dots, ventrum white. Wings of the colour of the body, the forewing with a
subapical band of white spots, which are pointedly extended towards the base on
the hindwing. From Panama to Ecuador and Surinam, San Domingo.