Amaxia pyga

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: Amaxia
Species: Amaxia pyga

Name

Amaxia pyga Schaus, 1892: 279 [1]

Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.

Type material: USNM Lectotype female no. 11 040 designated by Watson (1971: 78)

References

Primary references

• Schaus, W. 1892. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 272–291. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2013a. Changements nomenclaturaux chez les Arctiinae néotropicales (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae); seconde partie. Zoosystema 35(3): 425–455. 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.