Melese incertus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Melese
Species: Melese incertus

Name

Melese incertus (Walker, 1855): 716

Type locality: [Brazil], Pará.

Type material: BMNH Holotype male.

Synonyms

• Malabus incertus Walker, 1855 (Original combination)
• Neritos blanda Druce, 1901: 434
  • Type locality: Colombia, Don Amo. 
    • Type material: one syntype labeled Type.
• Melesse flavipuncta [sic] Rothschild, 1909: 49, pl.7 fig.13-14
  • Type locality: Trinidad [& Tobago], [Caroni], Caparo. 
• Melese flavipuncta ; Hampson, 1920: 180
  • • Type material: BMNH Holotype male.
• Melese surdus [sic] Rothschild, 1909: 273; = Hampson, 1920: 179
  • Type locality: Brazil], Amazonas, Fonte Boa; Suriname, [Sipaliwini], Aroewarwa Creek, Maroewyn Valley; Guyana, [Potaro-Siparuni], Tumatumari.  
    • Type material: BMNH 2 male and 9 female syntypes. 1 male syntype labeled Type.
• Melese incerta; Hampson, 1901: 73
• Melese incertus; Watson & Goodger, 1986: 15; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 236.

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1854–1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 583–775. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Watson, A. & Goodger, D.T. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1: 1–71. 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.