Mesocerea apicalis

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: Ctenuchina
Genus: Mesocerea
Species: Mesocerea apicalis

Name

Mesocerea apicalis (Rothschild, 1911)

Type locality: Suriname, Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonyms

• Teucer apicalis Rothschild, 1911 (original combination)
• Mesocerea apicalis (Rothschild, 1911); Hampson, 1914: 303.
• Delphyre leucomela Kaye, 1919 (synonymized by Pinheiro & Duarte, 2013: 356).
  • Type locality: French Guyana.
    • Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂.

References

Additional references

• Pinheiro, L.R. & Duarte, M. 2013. Taxonomic Notes on Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Phaegopterina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Florida Entomologist 96(2): 351–359. [Full article (PDF)]. Reference page.