[Taxacom] Lep collectors to NE Mexico

[John Grehan]

This is just an opportunistic request should there be any moth taxonomists
on Taxacom who may be collecting in NE Mexico in July or August, or who
know someone else. There is in the ghost moth family Hepialidae some
specimens of Phassus, a genus of large moths from Mexico-Central America,
that were photographed in iNaturalist in the vicinity of Saltillo and
Monterrey in July and August.  An example is at
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14156592

These are the northernmost records for this genus, and would be unknown to
science if it were not for photographers on this site. They are almost
certainly one or more new species. Although it is probably a bit like the
lottery, I figure it does not hurt to send out this alert just in case.
Better than missing an opportunity now or in the future should someone be
headed that way.

John Grehan