Amastus ambrosia

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: Amastus
Species: Amastus ambrosia

Name

Amastus ambrosia (Druce, 1890): 498 [[1]]

Type locality: [Colombia], Antioquia, Frontino.

Syntypes BMNH. Undisclosed number of syntypes (BMNH; one female syntype labeled Type)

Synonyms

• Phaegoptera ambrosia Druce, 1890 (Original Combination)
• Amastus thermidora Dognin, 1913: 4 [2]
  • Type locality: Ecuador, environs de Loja.
  • Type material: Holotype female no. 30 404 (USNM)
• Amastus thermidora f. peralta Seitz, 1924; Vincent & Laguerre, 2013
  • Type locality: Colombia, [Tolima], Monte Tolima, 3200m.
  • Type material: Undisclosed number of syntypes (SMF; one male syntype labeled Typus).
• Amastus ambrosia; Hampson, 1901

References

Primary references

• Druce, H. 1890. Descriptions of some new Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Central and South America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 493–520, pls 42, 43. BHL text, plates. 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. 
• Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2013a. Changements nomenclaturaux chez les Arctiinae néotropicales (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae); seconde partie. Zoosystema 35(3): 425–455. Full article (PDF). 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.