Opharus pallida

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: Phaegopterina
Genus: Opharus
Species: Opharus pallida

Name

Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910): 9 [1]

Type locality: Chanchamayo, Peru

Type material: USNM. Holotype male ♂.

Synonymy

• Pelochyta pallida Dognin, 1910 (original combination)
• Opharus ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918: 269 [2] (comb. rev. and synonymized by Beccacece & Zapata, 2017: 424)
  • Type locality: N. Peru, Charape river, Tabaconas, 4000ft.
    • Type material: BMNH 2 female syntypes. Lectotype designated by Beccacece & Zapata, 2017: 424.
• Pelochyta fergusoni Watson & Goodger, 1986: 17 (unnecessary replacement name, synonymized by Beccacece & Zapata, 2017: 424)
  • Type locality: Peru, Chanchamayo.
    • Type material:
• Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910): Beccacece & Zapata, 2017: 424.

References

Primary references

• Dognin, P. 1910. Hétérocères nouveaux de l’Amérique du Sud Fascicule I. Oberthür & Fils, Rennes: 1–46. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Joicey, J. J. & Talbot, G. 1918. New South American Arctiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1917: 265–270. full article (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. 
• 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. 
• 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.