Amastus aconia aconia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Amastus aconia
Subspecies: Amastus aconia aconia

Name

Amastus aconia aconia (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]): wrapper to pl. 15, fig. 64 BHL

Type locality: Venezuela.

Type material: Male. Collection of Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersbourg: one female specimen probably a syntype.

Synonyms

• Phaegoptera aconia Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] (Original combination)
• Amastus aconia; Hampson, 1901

References

Primary references

• Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W., 1850-69. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. 1-84pp, 96 pls. Regensburg, G. J. Manz. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1901. New species of Syntomidae and Arctiadae. Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 8(45): 165–186. Reference page. 
• 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.