Elysius melaleuca

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: Phaegopterina
Genus: Elysius
Species: Elysius melaleuca

Elysius melaleuca Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874: pl.101 fig.7

Type locality: Colombia, Bogota.

Type material: BMNH Lectotype female designated by Rothschild (1910a: 68)

Lophocampa melaleuca Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 (Original combination)
Halisidota melaleuca; Hampson, 1901: 168
Metacrisia albida Gaede, 1923: 23 (synonymized by Vincent & Laguerre, 2010: 178)
- Type locality: Colombia.
  - Type material: Holotype male ZMB
Elysius melaleuca (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874); Vincent & Laguerre, 2010: 178.

Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Zweite Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.
Gaede, M. 1923. Alte und neue Arctiinae des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. Entomologische Rundschau 40 (1): 2–3 [[1]]; (2): 7–8; (3): 11-12; (4): 14-15; (5): 19-20; (6):23; (7):27-29 [2] . Reference page.

Hampson, G.F. 1901. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume III: Artiadae: Artianae; Agaristidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xx + 690 pp. BHL Reference page.
Rothschild, W. 1910. Catalogue of Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 17: 1–85. BHL Reference page.
Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2010. Changements nomenclaturaux en vue de l’actualisation du catalogue des Arctiinae néotropicales (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 115(2): 175–184. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137–533. DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.