Amastus thalassina

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 thalassina

Name

Amastus thalassina (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]): wrapper to pl. 15, fig. 66 BHL

Type locality: Venezuela.

Syntypes: Male. Collection of Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersbourg: one male specimen probably a syntype. A male specimen of A. thalassina labeled “Exot. Fig 66 thalassina” in Herrich-Schäffer’s hand (ZMB) could be an additional syntype.

Synonyms

• Phaegoptera thalassina Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] (Original combination)
• Opharus thalassina; Hampson, 1901
• Hemihyalea thalassina ab. ochraceovirida Strand, 1921; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014
• Amastus thalassina; Watson & Goodger, 1986

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

• Strand, 1921. Systematisch-faunistische Beiträge zur Kenntnis exotischer Heterocera und Grypocera auf Grund von Material des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A 86(A7): 113-172. [1]. Reference page. 
• Watson, A. & Goodger, D.T. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1: 1–71. 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.