Zigira

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: Pericopina
Genus: Zigira
Species: Z. quadrata

Name

Zigira Walker, [1865]: 152 [1]

Type species: Zigira quadrata Walker, [1865]

Note: According to Watson & Goodger (1986: 39) the type-material (presumably, a female holotype) of Zigira quadrata Walker, described from [Colombia], Bogotá, is lost, and the taxon may belong in the Lithosiina (Arctiinae).

References

• Walker, F. 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI. Supplement.--Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–321. BHL 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. 
• Lamas, G. 2017. An annotated checklist of the Pericopina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Zootaxa 4319(2): 263–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.2. Reference page.