Pseudosphex postica

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: Ctenuchina
Genus: Pseudosphex
Species: Pseudosphex postica

Name

Pseudosphex postica (Walker, 1854): 178

Type locality: Brazil, Amazons, Santarem.

Type material: BMNH Holotype Male by monotypy

Synonyms

  • Glaucopis postica Walker, 1854 (Original combination)
  • Pseudosphex postica; Butler, 1876: 406 BHL
  • Chrysostola postica; Hampson, 1898: 375
  • Abrochia postica; Zerny, 1912: 109
  • Pseudosphex postica; Donahue, 1993: 207

References

Primary references

  • Walker, F. 1854. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp.1–278. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Butler, A.G. 1876. Notes on the Lepidoptera of the Family Zygaenidae, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 12: 342–407. BHL Reference page. 
  • 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. 
  • Zerny, H. 1912. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars VII. Syntomidae in Wagner Lepid. Cat. 7: 1-179 Reference page. 
  • Donahue, J.P. 1993. SIX SPECIES OF TIGER MOTHS (ARCTIIDAE: LITHOSHNAE, CTENUCHINAE) NEW TO THE UNITED STATES FAUNA, WITH NOTES ON THEIR NOMENCLATURE AND DISTRIBUTION IN MIDDLE AMERICA. Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 47(3): 199-210. Reference page. 
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