Purius

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: Purius
Species: P. pilumnia – P. superpulverea

Name

Purius Walker, 1855: 719

Type species

Purius sordidus Walker, 1855 by original designation

Synonyms

• Spodarctia Dyar, 1925: 3
  • Type species: Spodarctia superpulverea Dyar, 1925 by original designation.

References

• Walker, F. 1854–1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 583–775. BHL Reference page. 
• Dyar, H.G. 1925. Some new American moths. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 13: 1-19. Reference page. 
• Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 . ResearchGate Reference page.