Tessellota cancellata

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: Phaegopterina
Genus: Tessellota
Species: Tessellota cancellata

Name

Tessellota cancellata (Burmeister, 1878): 445

Type locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires.

Type material: Lectotype female designated by Beccacece et al. MACN, see photo in fig.7. 2 paralectotypes in MACN.

Synonyms

• Halesidota cancellata Burmeister, 1878 (original combination)
• Tessellota cancellata (Burmeister):
• Tessellota pura Breyer, 1957 (synonymized by Beccacece & Zapata, 2017: 427)
  • Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • Type material: MLP. Holotype male ♂.

References

Primary references

• Burmeister, H. 1878. Description physique de la République Argentine... Vol. 5: Lépidoptères (1). Paris & Buenos Aires, vi+524pp, 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beccacece, H.M., Vincent, B. & Navarro, F.R. 2014. The type-material of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) described by Burmeister and Berg in the collection of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Buenos Aires, Argentina). ZooKeys 421: 65–89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.421.6666 Reference page. 
• Beccacece, H.M. & Zapata, A.I. 2017. Taxonomic changes of some neotropical species of Arctiini Leach (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4272(3): 421–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.7. Reference page.