Mellamastus nero

Mellamastus_nero

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: Mellamastus
Species: Mellamastus nero

Name

Mellamastus nero (Weymer, 1907): 27 [1], pl.2 fig.3 [2]

Type locality: Brazil, [Santa Catarina], mountains near Joinville.

Type material: ZMB. Described from 3 male syntypes (ZMB; two male specimens from collection Weymer).

Synonyms

• Amastus nero Weymer, 1907 (Original combination)
• Halisidota nero; Rothschild, 1910: 56 [3]
• Mellamastus nero; Rego Barros, 1959

References

Primary references

• Weymer, G., 1907. Exotische Lepidopteren. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 20(1,2): 1–51, pl. 1–2. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12260 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Watson, A. & Goodger, D.T. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1: 1–71. 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.