Phoenicoprocta vacillans

Phoenicoprocta vacillans male

P. vacillans females. A f. trinitatis; B f. chrysonota

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: Euchromiina
Genus: Phoenicoprocta
Species: Phoenicoprocta vacillans

Name

Phoenicoprocta vacillans (Walker, 1856): 1617

Type locality: [Brazil], Valley of the Amazon.

Holotype

BMNH Holotype Male.

Synonymy

• Eunomia vacillans Walker, 1856 (Original combination).
• Hyela vacillans; Butler, 1876
• Phoenicoprocta metachrysea Druce, 1898
• Phoenicoprocta vacillans; Hampson, 1898
• Poecilosoma insperata Walker, 1856
• Phoenicoprocta metachrysea; Hampson, 1898
• Paramya chrysonota Hampson, 1898; Zerny, 1912
• Methysia chrysonota; Draudt, 1916
• Mydropastea chrysonota; Kaye & Lamont, 1927
• Metamya chrysonota; Travassos, 1946
• Sphecosoma chrysonota; Simmons & Weller, [2006]
• Phoenicoprocta chrysorrhoea Hampson, 1898; Zerny, 1912
• Phoenicoprocta rubiventer Hampson, 1898; Zerny, 1912
• Leucotmemis albigutta; Hampson, 1914
• Leucotmemis thoracica; Zerny, 1912
• Calonotos hoffmannsi; Zerny, 1912
• Leucotmemis hoffmannsi; Hampson, 1914
• Antichloris trinitatis; Hampson, 1914
• Phoenicoprocta trinitatis; Draudt, 1916
• Mydropastea disparata Kaye, 1920; Cock & Laguerre, 2023
• Phoenicoprocta vacillans ab. nigropeltata; Draudt, 1916
• Phoenicoprocta vacillans ab. punicea; Draudt, 1916
• Phoenicoprocta vacillans f. auriflua Draudt, 1916; Cerda, 2008
• Phoenicoprocta vacillans f. nigricoxa Zerny, 1931; Cerda, 2008
• Phoenicoprocta rubiventris amazonica Zerny, 1931; Cerda, 2008
• Phoenicoprocta rubiventer intermedia Forster, 1949; Cerda, 2008

Note: Cock & Laguerre (2023) have demonstrated that P. vacillans is a sexually dimorphic and variable species, and this resulted in description of many taxa, that are synonyms: Phoenicoprocta vacillans ab. nigropeltata, ab. punicea, Paramya chrysonota, Antichloris trinitatis etc...

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1509–1808. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cerda, J.A. 2020. Révision partielle des genres Delphyre, Prosopidia, Mesocerea, Apocerea, Heliura, Eucereon, Euceriodes, Hyaleucerea et Pseudohyaleucerea comportant la création et revalidation de nombreux genres, avec la description de nouvelles espèces. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 9: 1–153, 28 pl. Online information. Reference page. 
• Cock, M.J.W., Laguerre, M., 2023. Euchromiina wasp moths (Lepidoptera,Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Trinidad & Tobago. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club, 2023: 1-83 + appendix: 1-58 [1] Reference page.