Taxonomic changes of some neotropical species of Arctiini Leach (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

Abstract

Arctiini (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) is the most speciose tribe of tiger moths. In this study, the taxonomy of some Neotropical species of this tribe is reviewed based on habitus and, in some cases, genitalia of type specimens. Lectotypes are designated for two names. Four new combinations are proposed: Agaraea sericeum (Zerny, 1931) comb. n., Biturix nigrostriata (Rothschild, 1909) comb. n., Carales fasciatus (Rothschild, 1909) comb. n. and Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910) comb. n. Six new synonymies are proposed: Agaraea nigrotuberculata Bryk, 1953 (=Agaraea klagesi (Rothschild, 1909)), Opharus ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918 and Pelochyta fergusoni Watson & Goodger, 1986 (=Opharus pallida (Dognin, 1910)), Melese flavescens Joicey & Talbot, 1918 (=Melese paranensis Dognin, 1911), Leucanopsis infucata (Berg, 1882) (=Pareuchaetes aurata aurata (Butler, 1875)) and Tessellota pura Breyer, 1957 (=Tessellota cancellata (Burmeister, 1878)). Moreover, Opharus ochracea Joicey & Talbot, 1918 comb. rev. is returned to the original genus. For each rearrangement, both remarks and information about type specimens are provided.

Gloora gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Ctenuchina) for several Agylla-like Arctiinae

“…Eucereon sericeum was recently erroneously transferred to the genus Agaraea Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] (Beccacece & Zapata (2017) which belongs to the Phaegopterina. The genitalia of Agaraea (Beccacece & Zapata (2017: figs.…”

“…Eucereon sericeum-Hoffmann (1936: 449),Pinheiro & Gaal-Haszler (2015; figs 22, 62). Agaraea sericeum(Zerny, 1931)-Beccacece & Zapata (2017.…”

Four new species and one new subspecies of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from the Tambopata river, Madre de Dios, Peru

“…Advances in the last decades in the knowledge of Neotropical Arctiinae are based on phylogeny studies (Jacobson & Weller 2002;Zaspel et al 2014;Zenker et al 2017), revisions of some genera (Dietz & Duckworth 1976;Dietz 1994;Simmons & Weller 2006;Pinheiro & Duarte 2010;Pinheiro & Mey 2015), morphological studies (Weller et al 2000), faunistic studies (e.g., Grados 1999Grados , 2001Piñas et al 2000;Piñas & Manzano 2003;Teston & Corseuil 2004;Cerda 2008;Teston & Ferro 2016), new species descriptions (e.g., Grados 2004Grados , 2015Vincent 2011Coenen & Gibeaux 2014;Pinheiro 2016) and the publication of some synonyms (e.g., Grados 2002;Pinheiro & Duarte 2013;Beccacece & Zapata 2017).…”