Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean.
Central America is a subregion of the Americas, frequently considered part of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America usually consists of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala to central Panama. Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc, there is a high amount of seismic activity in the region, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, which has resulted in death, injury, and property damage.
Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern region of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Alajuela Province to the east, and Puntarenas Province to the southeast. It is the most sparsely populated of all the provinces of Costa Rica. The province covers an area of 10,141 square kilometres (3,915 sq mi) and as of 2010, had a population of 354,154, with annual revenue of $2 billion.
Chirripó National Park is a national park of Costa Rica, encompassing parts of three provinces: San José, Limón and Cartago. It was established in 1975.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Costa Rica:
Disphragis is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The genus is confined to the New World and it contains about 137 species.
Elymiotis is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae erected by Francis Walker in 1857.
Symmerista is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Dunama is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae described by William Schaus in 1912.
Azaxia dyari is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Disphragis sobolis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2011. It is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes from Bolivia to Villavicencio in Colombia. The range includes north-eastern Ecuador.
Disphragis notabilis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1906. It is found throughout the Amazon basin from western Venezuela east- and southward to at least Bolivia. The range includes French Guiana.
Disphragis bifurcata is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by J. Bolling Sullivan and Michael G. Pogue in 2014. It is found from Guatemala to Colombia, probably extending south into northern Ecuador. It is found at lower altitudes and moderate elevations up to about 1,000 meters.
Disphragis hemicera is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1910. It is found throughout Costa Rica at moderate altitudes. It is found south along the western coast of Colombia and may extend to the west coast of Ecuador. The northern limits are unknown but it probably occurs at least into Nicaragua.
Symmerista luisdiegogomezi is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by Isidro A. Chacón in 2014. It has been collected between 2,450 and 2,600 meters in highland cloud forests dominated by Quercus trees in the foothills west of the Cordillera de Talamanca in southern Costa Rica.
Symmerista minaei is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by Isidro A. Chacón in 2014. It has been collected at between 2,400 and 2,600 meters in highland cloud forests of the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
Symmerista aura is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by Isidro A. Chacón in 2014. It has been collected between 1,000 and 1,400 meters on both slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
Symmerista inbioi is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by Isidro A. Chacón in 2014. It has been collected between 1,250 and 2,700 meters in highland cloud forests of the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
Nystaleinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae. The subfamily was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1948.
Winifred Hallwachs is an American tropical ecologist who helped to establish and expand northwestern Costa Rica's Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG). The work of Hallwachs and her husband Daniel Janzen at ACG is considered an exemplar of inclusive conservation.
