Amastus suffusa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Phaegopterina
Genus: Amastus
Species:

Name

Amastus suffusa (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]): wrapper to pl. 15, fig.67

Type locality: Venezuela.

Typus Syntypes [?] Male, ZMB. ("A male specimen of A. suffusa labeled “suffusa fig 67” in Herrich-Schäffer’s hand (ZMHB) could be a syntype" (Vincent & Laguerre, 2014)). Else see Rothschild 1910 mentions a male and 2 females, as "(Felder coll.) cotypes", and Hampson, 1920 mentioning a male and female "in Coll. Rothschild". Earlier Hampson, 1920 says "Type f in Coll. Staudinger" alongside a description of Costa Rican specimens that may be misidentified.

Synonyms

Phaegoptera suffusa Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] (Original combination)
Amastus suffusa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853); Rothschild, 1910

References

Primary references

Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1850–1869. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. 1–84 pp, 96 pls. Regensburg, G.J. Manz. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137–533. DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2017. An annotated checklist of the Pericopina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Zootaxa 4319(2): 263–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.2. Reference page.