Darantasia caerulescens

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

Darantasia caerulescens Druce, 1898: 213

Type locality: British New Guinea, Fergusson Island

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. X.1894. legit A.S. Meek. BMNH-1403516.

Darantasia pervittata Hampson, 1903: 344 (synonymized by De Vos, 2019: 100)
- Type locality: Dutch New Guinea, Kapaur, S.W. New Guinea, sea level-2000 ft.
  - Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. 01.XII.1896-e.XI.1897. legit Doherty. 1902-314. BMNH-1403549.
Darantasia caerulescens extensa Rothschild, 1916: 326 (synonymized by De Vos, 2019: 100)
- Type locality: Australia, Dampier Island.
  - Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. II-III.1914. Legit A.S. Meek. BMNH-1403548. (lectotype designated by de Vos, 2019: 100)

de Vos, R. 2019. The genus Darantasia Walker, 1859 from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua 11(2): 95-136. Reference page.
Hampson, G.F. 1903b. Descriptions of new Syntomidae and Arctiadae. Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 11(64): 337–351.full article (BHL). Reference page.
Rothschild, L.W. 1916. On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A.S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands. Novitates Zoologicae 23(3): 319-334. Reference page.