Cosmosoma metallescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Cosmosoma
Species: Cosmosoma metallescens

Name

Cosmosoma metallescens (Ménétriés, 1857): 138 [1], pl.14 fig.1 [2]

Type locality: Brazil.

Type material: ZISP Holotype in St Petersburg, coll. Ménétries. With a lectotype red label by Sinev.

Synonymy

Laemocharis metallescens Ménétriés, 1857 (Original combination)
Chrostosoma metallescens Hernández-Baz & Grados, 2004: 58 (misidentification)
Cosmosoma metallescens; Hampson, 1898: 239 (misidentification)

Note: a long list of misidentifications for this species, by many authors is provided in Cerda, 2008: 88-89. They were actually dealing with Xanthyda chalcosticta (Butler, 1876).

References

Primary references

Ménétriés, É., [1857]. Enumerato corporum animalium musei; Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae. 1 & 2 Lepidoptera Diurna (1) 101pp; (2) 96pp. Reference page.

Additional 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.