Euagra coelestina

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: Ctenuchina
Genus: Euagra
Species: Euagra coelestina

Name

Euagra coelestina (Stoll [1781]): 107 [1], pl.345 fig.G [2]

Type locality: Suriname

Type material: Type probably lost, plate 345 figure G in Cramer/Stoll refers.

Synonyms

• Phalaena (Bombyx) coelestina Stoll, [1781] (Original combination)
• Agyrta caelestina [sic]; Hübner, 1820: 177 [3]
• Lymacodes coelestina; Duncan, 1852: 183
• Dioptis coelestina; Walker, 1854: 324 BHL
• Euagra coelestina; Walker, 1856: 1651
• Evagra coelestina [sic]; Boisduval, 1870: 87
• Euagra coelestina; Butler, 1878: 47; Kirby, 1892: 179; Hampson, 1898: 462; Cerda, 2025: 2
• Euagra caelestina [sic]; Zerny, 1912: 132; Draudt, 1916: 169, pl.23 fig.g; Zerny, 1931: 21
• Euagria coelestina [sic]; Betz, 1972: 405
• Note: Dioptis interclusa Walker, 1854 was synonymized with Euagra coelestina by Hampson, 1898: 462, but reestablished as bona species by Cerda, 2025: 2.

References

Primary references

• Stoll, C. 1780–1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29–90, pls 305–336; [1781]: 91–164, pls 337–372; [1782]: 165–252, pls 373–400; Suppl [1787]: 1–42, pls 1–8; [1790]: 43–184, pls 9–42. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Walker, F. 1854. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 279–581. BHL Reference page. 
• Walker, F. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1509–1808. BHL Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths) Vol. 1. Sphinges and Bombyces London: Gurney & Jackson. 951 + 45 pp. 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. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1915. Familie Syntomidae. In Seitz (Adalbert), Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 6: 33-230. BHL Reference page. 
• Zerny, H. 1931. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgefuehrt von Dr. H. Zerny. VII. Teil. Lepidoptera III: Die Syntomiden des Staates Para. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien 45: 225-263. full article zobodat. Reference page. 
• Cerda, J.A. 2025. Ctenuchina de Guyane française (2de partie). Les genres Euagra-Micragrella-Parastatia & Agyrta (1er article). 17e note. Faunitaxys 13(42): 1-19. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(42) Reference page.