Amastus suffusa

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 suffusa

Name

Amastus suffusa (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]): wrapper to pl. 15, fig. 67 BHL

Type locality: Venezuela.

Syntypes: ZMB Male. A male specimen of A. suffusa labeled “suffusa fig 67” in Herrich-Schäffer’s hand (ZMHB) could be a syntype.

Synonyms

• Phaegoptera suffusa Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] (Original combination)
• Amastus suffusa; Rothschild, 1910

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

• 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. 
• Lamas, G. 2017. An annotated checklist of the Pericopina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Zootaxa 4319(2): 263–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.2. Reference page.