Phaeosphecia
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Euchromiina
Genus: Phaeosphecia
Species:
P. opaca
Name
Phaeosphecia Hampson, 1898: 153 []
Type species: Myrmecopsis opaca (Walker, 1856)
Synonym
- Note: Simmons and Weller, 2006 consider the genus Phaeosphecia Hampson, 1898 to be a junior synonym of Pseudopompilia Druce, 1898.
Cerda, 2008 showed this synonymy is based on an identification error, and therefore revalidated the genus Phaeosphecia.
References
Primary references
- Hampson, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Syntomidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xxii + 560 pp. BHL Reference page.
- 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
- Simmons, R.B. & Weller, S.J. 2004 [2006 Print]. Review of the Sphecosoma genus group using adult morphology (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).Thomas Say Publ. Entomol.: Mono: 101 pp. DOI: 10.4182/ZGJB1076 Reference page.
- Cerda, J.A. 2008. Euchromiini de Guyane française Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae. [Luxembourg]: The author. [iv], 172 p., IV (index). Reference page.