Amastus umber

Amastus umber

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 umber

Name

Amastus umber Rothschild, 1909: 279 [1]

Type locality: [Peru], [Puno], Agualani, Limbani, Carabaya.

Type material: BMNH. Described from 1 male and 4 female syntypes (BMNH; one of the female syntypes labeled Type)

Synonyms

• Amastus lichyi Toulgoët, 1984; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014.
  • Type locality: Venezuela, [Merida], Vallée de la Mucuy.
  • Type material: type specimens: Holotype male (MNHN)

References

Primary references

• Rothschild, L.W. 1909. Descriptions of some new South American Arctiadae, with notes. Novitates Zoologicae 16: 21-52. Full article (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.