Cresera optimus

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: Phaegopterina
Genus: Cresera
Species: Cresera optimus

Name

Cresera optimus (Butler, 1877): 51 [1]

Type locality: [Brazil], [Amazonas], Rio Jurua.

Holotype: BMNH. Undisclosed number of syntypes (one male syntype labeled Type).

Synonymy

• Elysius optimus, Butler (Original combination)
• Prumala optimus; Rothschild, 1910
• Cresera optimus; Watson & Goodger, 1986

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• Laguerre, M. 2023. Revision of the genus Lepidoneiva Travassos, 1940: resurrection of several species. (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini" Euchromiina). Antenor 9(4): 143-160. Reference page.