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Gnophaela aequinoctialis

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Description

Gnophaela aequinoctialis (Walker, 1854)

Dioptis aequinoctialis Walker, 1854b: 331.

Gnophaela disjuncta Edwards, 1885b: 128. — Type locality:[Mexico], [Veracruz], [Jalapa].— Type specimens: Undisclosed number of male and female syntypes (AMNH; one male syntype no. 8529 from Jalapa labeled TYPE).

TYPE LOCALITY. — South America.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (BMNH).

REMARK

The locality “South America” could be erroneous as no member of this group is known south of Central America (C. Schmidt pers. comm.).

Notes

Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 440, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Gnophaela
Species
aequinoctialis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gnophaela aequinoctialis (Walker, 1854) sec. Vincent & Laguerre, 2014

References

  • WALKER F. 1854 b. - List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2. London: 279 - 581. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58221
  • EDWARDS H. 1885 b. - Notes on Mexican Lepidoptera with descriptions of New Species. Entomologica Americana 1: 128 - 129.