Amastus bicolor

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 bicolor

Name

Amastus bicolor (Maassen, 1890): 49 [1], 52 [2] pl.5 fig.1 [3]

Type locality: Ecuador, [Cotopaxi], Putzulagua to Latacunga; Cerro Llimpi; [Chimborazo], Collanes.

Holotype: Described from 4 syntypes (one male specimen from Ecuador labeled Type) ZMB.

Synonyms

• Hebena bicolor Maassen, 1890 (original combination)
• Elysius bicolor; Hampson, 1901
• Amastus bicolor; Vincent & Laguerre, 2010

References

Primary references

• Maassen 1890 (in W. Reiss and A. Stübel: Reisen in Süd Amerika). Lepidopteren gesammelt auf einer Reise durch Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Brasilien, Argentinien und Bolivien in den Jahren 1868-1877 von Alphons Stübel. BHL 182pp, 9pl. 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. 2010. Changements nomenclaturaux en vue de l’actualisation du catalogue des Arctiinae néotropicales (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 115(2): 175–184. Full article (PDF). 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.