Genus Amastus Walker, 1855

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Amastus Walker, 1855a: 723. Toulgoët 1988c (revision and arrangement of the genus Amastus in 7 groups).

Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901a: 129. — Type species: Phaegoptera cornea Herrich-Schäffer, [1853], by original designation.

Magnoptera Ruiz, 1989: 151. — Type species: Magnoptera watsoni Ruiz, 1989, by original designation.

TYPE SPECIES. — Phaegoptera collaris Herrich-Schäffer, [1853], by monotypy.

REMARK

Toulgoët (1988c) proposed arranging the species of the genus Amastus in seven groups based on the habitus. Toulgoët (1992b) later created an eighth group. Three species are currently not assigned to any group.