Myrmecopsis laticincta

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: Euchromiina
Genus: Myrmecopsis
Species:

Myrmecopsis laticincta (Hampson, 1898): 155 [1], pl.6 fig.8 [2]

Type locality: Guatemala, Vera Paz

Type material: BMNH. Holotype male ♂ by monotypy.

Hampson, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Syntomidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xxii + 560 pp. BHL Reference page.

Donahue, J.P. 1993. SIX SPECIES OF TIGER MOTHS (ARCTIIDAE: LITHOSHNAE, CTENUCHINAE) NEW TO THE UNITED STATES FAUNA, WITH NOTES ON THEIR NOMENCLATURE AND DISTRIBUTION IN MIDDLE AMERICA. Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 47(3): 199-210. [3] Reference page.
Simmons, R.B. & Weller, S.J. 2004 [2006 Print]. Review of the Sphecosoma genus group using adult morphology (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).Thomas Say Publ. Entomol.: Mono: 101 pp. DOI: 10.4182/ZGJB1076 Reference page.