Amastus cornea

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 cornea

Name

Amastus cornea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853): wrapper to pl.14 fig. 61-62 [1]

Type locality: Venezuela, Caracas, Road Caracas to Colonia-Tovar, km 26.

Type material: MNHN. Neotype male designated by Toulgoët ([1988]: 367), male ♂. 4.IV.1850. legit R. Lichy.

Synonyms

• Phaegoptera cornea Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] (original combination)
• Hemihyalea cornea; Hampson, 1901
• Hemihyalea cornea ab. darabana Strand, 1919; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014
• Amastus cornea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853); De Toulgoët, 1987: 367.

References

Primary references

• Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W., 1850-69. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. 1-84pp, 96 pls. Regensburg, G. J. Manz. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1901. New species of Syntomidae and Arctiadae. Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 8(45): 165–186. Reference page. 
• de Toulgoët, H. 1987b: Note pour servir à la révision du genre Amastus Walker, 1855, avec examen critique du genre Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901 (24e note) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie N.S. 4(4): 363–368. 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.