Oxyptera praeclara

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: Spilosomina
Genus: Oxyptera
Species: Oxyptera praeclara

Oxyptera praeclara (Oberthür, 1881): 111, pl.19 fig.1

Type locality: Colombia, between Bogotá and Buenaventura.

Type material: BMNH. Male Holotype by monotypy.

Ecpantheria praeclara Oberthür, 1881 (Original combination)
Ecpantheria theophila Dognin, 1902:233; = Hampson, 1920: 447; = Vincent & Laguerre, 2013: 446.
- Type locality: Colombia, [Cauca], Popayan.
  - Type material: BMNH Lectotype designated by Watson (1973: 46).
Hypercompe theophila; Watson & Goodger, 1986: 30
Hypercompe praeclara; Watson & Goodger, 1986: 30; Vincent & Laguerre, 2013: 446; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 401.
Oxyptera praeclara; Laguerre, 2023: 8.

Oberthür, C., 1881. Faunes Entomologiques. Descriptions D'Insectes Nouveaux ou Peu Connus. Études d'entomologie 6: 1–115, pls 1–20. Reference page.

Watson, A. & Goodger, D.T. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1: 1–71. Reference page.
Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2013a. Changements nomenclaturaux chez les Arctiinae néotropicales (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae); seconde partie. Zoosystema 35(3): 425–455. 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.
Laguerre, M. 2023. Generic revision of Hypercompe Hübner, [1818] and allied genera with descriptions of new genera and new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Faunitaxys 11(75): 1-34. [[1]] Reference page.