Amastus coprophora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 coprophora

Name

Amastus coprophora (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]): wrapper to pl. 15, fig. 63 BHL

Type locality: Venezuela.

Type material: ZMB A male specimen of A. coprophora labeled “coprophora fig 63” in Herrich-Schäffer’s hand (ZMB) could be a syntype. This specimen was illustrated as a “type” by Toulgoët (1986: fig. 7).

Synonyms

Phaegoptera coprophora Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] (Original combination)
Amastus coprophora; Hampson, 1901

References

Primary references

Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1850–1869. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. 1–84 pp, 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. 1986a: Description de deux nouveaux Amastus d’Amérique latine, avec mise au point taxinomique d’autres espèces du genre, (21e note), (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Revue française d'Entomologie NS 8(2): 49–62. 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.

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