Eucereon quadricolor

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: Eucereon
Species: Eucereon quadricolor

Eucereon quadricolor (Walker, 1855): 722

Type locality: Brazil.

Type material: BMNH Lectotype female designated by Pinheiro (2016). BMNH(E) 1475564.

Theages quadricolor Walker, 1855 (Original combination)
Eucereon quadricolor; Hampson, 1898
Eucereon quadricolor meridionale Rothschild, 1912: 173; = Hampson, 1914: 322; Cerda, 2020: 113.
- Type locality: Paraguay, Sapucay.
Eucereon quadricolor boreale Rothschild, 1912: 173; = Hampson, 1914: 322; Cerda, 2020: 113.
- Type locality: Venezuela, San Esteban.

Note: Pinheiro (2016) synonymized E. quadricolor, E. quadricolor meridionale and E. quadricolor boreale with Eucereon punctatum. Cerda (2020) reestablished Eucereon quadricolor as bona species with E. q. boreale and E. q. meridionale as synonyms.

Walker, F. 1854. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp.1–278. Reference page.
Rothschild, L.W. 1912. New Syntomidae. Novitates Zoologicae 19: 151-186. Reference page.

Hampson, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Syntomidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xxii + 560 pp. 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.
Pinheiro, L.R. 2016. Re-evaluation of the identities of Eucereon punctatum (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) and E. archias (Stoll, 1790), with a discussion on E. mitigatum Walker, 1857, rev. stat. (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zoosystema 38(1): 127–140. DOI: 10.5252/z2016n1a4 Reference page.
Cerda, J.A. 2020. Révision partielle des genres Delphyre, Prosopidia, Mesocerea, Apocerea, Heliura, Eucereon, Euceriodes, Hyaleucerea et Pseudohyaleucerea comportant la création et revalidation de nombreux genres, avec la description de nouvelles espèces. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 9: 1–153, 28 pl. Online information. Reference page.