Nelphe carolina

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: Nelphe
Species: Nelphe carolina

Nelphe carolina (Edwards, 1886): 166

Type locality: Florida, Indian River.

Type material: 3 male and female syntypes AMNH.

Eucereon carolina Hampson, 1914: 344
Eucereon cubensis Schaus, 1904: 136; Donahue, 1993: 206; Schmidt & Opler, 2008: 20; Pinheiro, 2016: 493.
- Type locality: Cuba, Matanzas; = Hampson, 1914: 344
  - Type material: USNM Holotype male n° 10800. Photos: [1]
Eucereum carolina Draudt, 1915: 180, 214.
Eucereum cubense Draudt, 1915: 180, 214.
Nelphe carolina; Kirby, 1892: 172 BHL; Donahue, 1993: 206; Schmidt & Opler, 2008: 20; Pinheiro, 2016: 493.

Edwards, H. 1886. Apparently new forms of N. American Heterocera . Entomologica Americana 2(9): 165-171. Reference page.

Kirby, W. F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths) Vol. 1. Sphinges and Bombyces London: Gurney & Jackson. 951 + 45 pp. BHL Reference page.
Schaus, W. 1904. Descriptions of new South American moths. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 30(2): 135-178. BHL. Reference page.
Hampson, G. F. 1914b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Pp. 1–858. BHL Reference page.
Draudt, M.W.K. 1915. Familie Syntomidae. In Seitz (Adalbert), Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 6: 33-230. BHL 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. [2] Reference page.
Schmidt, B.C. & Opler, P. 2008. Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.
Pinheiro, L.R. 2016. Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079(4): 487–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8 Reference page.