Castnia amalthaea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

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 Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Castniidae
Subfamilia: Castniinae
Tribus: Castniini
Genus: Castnia
Species: Castnia amalthaea

Name

Castnia amalthaea H. Druce, 1890

Type locality: Brazil.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Castnia wagneri Le Cerf, 1911 (preoccupied)
• Castnia lecerfi Dalla Torre, 1913 (replacement name for Castnia wagneri Le Cerf, 1911) (synonymized by Worthy, González & Ríos, 2019: 281).
  • Type locality: Argentina, Villa Lutecia, near San Ignacio, Misiones, near the Parana River.
    • Holotype: MHNP. male ♂.
• Castnia minerva Krüger, 1926 (synonymized by Worthy, González & Ríos, 2019: 281).
  • Type locality: Puerto San Lorenzo, Itapúa, Paraguay.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

References

Additional references

• Worthy, R., González, J.M. & Ríos, S.D. 2019. A review of the genus Insigniocastnia J.Y. Miller, 2007 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) with notes on Castnia amalthaea H. Druce, 1890. Zootaxa 4550(2): 277–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.2.8. Reference page.