Halysidota tessellaris

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 Cladus: Antennopoda 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: Halysidota
Species: Halysidota tessellaris

Name

Halysidota tessellaris (Smith, 1797): 149, pl.75

Type locality: [USA], [Georgia].

Type material: Undisclosed number of syntypes.

Synonyms

• Phalaena tessellaris Smith, 1797 (Original combination)
• Halesidota (Lophocampa) antiphola Walsh, 1864: 288; Synonymized by Walsh, 1864: 429; Watson, 1980: 12; Schmidt & Opler, 2008: 15; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 316
  • Type locality: USA, Illinois, Rock Island.
    • Type material: Unspecified number of syntypes.
• Halisidota oslari Rothschild, 1909: 283; Synonymized by Travassos, 1963: 476.
  • Type locality: USA, Colorado, Denver.
    • Type material: Lectotype male designated by Watson (1980: 12) BMNH.
• Halisidota tessellaris; Druce, 1884: 92; Hampson, 1901: 161
• Halisidota tesselaris [sic, tessellaris] ab. antipholella Strand, 1919: 84 (Infrasubspecific name); Watson, 1980: 12.
  • Type locality: USA.
    • Type material: Holotype Female BMNH
• Halisidota tesselaris [sic, tessellaris] ab. tesselaroides Strand, 1919: 85 (Infrasubspecific name); Watson, 1980: 12.
  • Type locality: USA.
    • Type material: Holotype male BMNH
• Halysidota tessellaris; Watson, 1980: 12; Watson & Goodger, 1986: 22; Schmidt & Opler, 2008: 15; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 316.

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. & Abbot, J. 1797. The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia: including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observation of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that country. Volume 1: 1–100. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Watson, A. 1980. A revision of the Halysidota tessellaris species-group (Halysidota sensu stricto) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40 (1): 1–65. BHL. Reference page. 
• Watson, A. & Goodger, D.T. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1: 1–71. Reference page. 
• Schmidt, B.C. & Opler, P. 2008. Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 
• Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137–533. DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.