Rhynchopyga flavicans

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: Rhynchopyga
Species:

Name

Rhynchopyga flavicans (Dognin, 1911): 11 [1]

Type locality: Colombia, Cali, San Antonio, 1800m.

Type material: USNM, Female Holotype by monotypy (in original description Dognin indicates a single male, but it is actually a female)

Synonymy

  • Horamia flavicans Dognin, 1911 (Original combination)
  • Psilopleura flavicans; Hampson, 1914: 177[2] pl.9 fig.17 [3]
  • Rhynchopyga flavicans; Laguerre, 2025: 34.

References

Primary references

  • Dognin, P. 1911: Hétérocères nouveaux de l’Amérique du Sud. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 18: 151–188. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Hampson, G. F. 1914b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Pp. 1–858. BHL Open access Reference page. 
  • Laguerre, M. 2025. Rhynchopyga Felder, 1874, and Apeplopoda Watson, 1980: description of six new species and some notes on various entities. (Erebidae Arctiinae Arctiini Euchromiina). Antenor 12(1): 26-43. Reference page.