Boenasa tricolor

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Genus: Boenasa
Species:

Boenasa tricolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866)

Type locality: Cuba.

Type material: Syntypes, Female ♀, BMNH.

• Torycus tricolor Herrich-Schäffer, 1866: 119 (Original combination) Protonym
• Boenasa tricolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866); Becker, 2002: 351 Comb. nov.; else see e.g. Laguerre, 2024: 1, fig.1a.
• Boenasa toryca Schaus, 1924: 29; Seitz, 1919–1925: 460, Taf. 66e/9. (Junior subjective synonym of Boenasa tricolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866) per Becker, 2002: 351).
  • Type locality: Cuba, Cayamas.
  • Type material: Holotype, Male ♂ USNM, n° 26315. (Photograph in Laguerre, 2024: 1, fig. 1a.)

• Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1866. Schmetterlinge aus Cuba. Korrespondenz-Blatt des Zoologisch-Mineralogischen Vereines in Regensburg 20: 103–109, 113–120, 130–136. BHL , also ARCHIVE. Reference page. 
• Schaus, W. 1924. New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65(7): 1–74. BHL. Reference page. 

• Becker, V.O. 2002. The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19: 349–391. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1919–1925. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer (Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Amerikanischen Faunengebietes). Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde Band 6: 1–1336 [293–423?]. BHL Plates Reference page. 
• Laguerre, M. 2024. Description of three new species and a new genus of Lithosiini from Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Faunitaxys 12(37): 1–9. LINK PDF Reference page. 

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