Mesocerea apicalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Ctenuchina
Genus: Mesocerea
Species: Mesocerea apicalis

Name

Mesocerea apicalis (Rothschild, 1911): 42

Type locality: Surinam, Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewym Valley.

Type material: BMNH. male ♂ lectotype designated by Hampson, 1914.

Synonyms

• Teucer apicalis Rothschild, 1911 (original combination)
• Delphyre leucomela Kaye, 1919 (synonymized by Pinheiro & Duarte, 2013: 356).
  • Type locality: French Guiana.
    • Type material: BMNH. Lectotype male ♂ designated by Pinheiro & Duarte, 2013: 356.
• Mesocerea apicalis (Rothschild, 1911); Hampson, 1914: 303; Pinheiro & Duarte, 2013: 356; Cerda, 2020: 94.

References

Primary references

• Rothschild, L.W. 1911. New Syntomidae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 18(1): 24-47. BHLReference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1914. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Pp. 1–858. BHL Reference page. 
• Pinheiro, L.R. & Duarte, M. 2013. Taxonomic Notes on Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Phaegopterina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Florida Entomologist 96(2): 351–359. [Full article (PDF)]. Reference page. 
• Cerda, J.A. 2020. Révision partielle des genres Delphyre, Prosopidia, Mesocerea, Apocerea, Heliura, Eucereon, Euceriodes, Hyaleucerea et Pseudohyaleucerea comportant la création et revalidation de nombreux genres, avec la description de nouvelles espèces. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 9: 1–153, 28 pl. Online information. Reference page.