Fossia punicea

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: Lithosiini
Genus: Fossia
Species: Fossia punicea
Subspecies: F. p. kachina – F. p. melanandra – F. p. punicea – F. p. rothschildi

Name

Fossia punicea Moore, 1878

Type locality: NE India, N of West Bengal, Darjeeling.

Syntype: BMNH. female ♀. NHMUK010604399.

Synonymy

• Barsine punicea Moore, 1878 (original combination)
• Fossia punicea (Moore):
• Miltochrista postnigra Hampson, 1894
  • Type locality: NE India, Sikkim
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. NHMUK010604401.

References

Primary references

• Moore, F., 1878. A revision of certain genera of European and asiatic Lithosiinae, with characters of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 3–37.Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volynkin, A.V., Černý, K. & Ivanova, M.S. 2018. Revision of the Barsine punicea Moore, 1878 species-group, with descriptions of two new species and two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21: 999-1008. Reference page. 
• Volynkin, A.V., Huang, S.Y & Ivanova, M.S. 2019. An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 14-92. Full article (PDF). Reference page.