Pseudosphex postica

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: Pseudosphex
Species: Pseudosphex postica

Name

Pseudosphex postica (Walker, 1854): 178 [1]

Type locality: Brazil, Amazons, Santarem.

Type material: BMNH Holotype Male by monotypy

Synonyms

• Glaucopis postica Walker, 1854 (Original combination)
• Pseudosphex postica; Butler, 1876: 406 BHL
• Chrysostola postica; Hampson, 1898: 375 [2]
• Abrochia postica; Zerny, 1912: 109 [3]
• Pseudosphex postica; Donahue, 1993: 207

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1854. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp.1–278. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Butler, A.G. 1876. Notes on the Lepidoptera of the Family Zygaenidae, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 12: 342–407. 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. 
• Zerny, H. 1912. Pars VII. Syntomidae [In Wagner (Editor) Lepidopterorum Catalogus 7: 1-179. BHL Archive Reference page. 
• Donahue, J.P. 1993. SIX SPECIES OF TIGER MOTHS (ARCTIIDAE: LITHOSHNAE, CTENUCHINAE) NEW TO THE UNITED STATES FAUNA, WITH NOTES ON THEIR NOMENCLATURE AND DISTRIBUTION IN MIDDLE AMERICA. Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 47(3): 199-210. [4] Reference page.