Ptychotricos zeus

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: Ptychotricos
Species: Ptychotricos zeus

Ptychotricos zeus Schaus, 1894

Type locality: Venezuela, Aroa.

Type material: USNM. Lectotype male ♂ No. 10785 designated by Hampson, 1898 (USNMENT 00913969)

Schaus, W. 1894. On new species of Heterocera from Tropical America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 225-243. BHL. 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.
Pinheiro, L.R. & Duarte, M. 2017. Revision of the Neotropical moth genus Ptychotrichos Schaus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4312(2): 246–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.2.2. Reference page.
Cerda, J.A. 2025. Ctenuchina de Guyane française (2de partie). Les genres Ptychotricos - Delphyre - Druceius - Aderithales - Moeschlerius - Hyaleucerea - Nitoris & Fraudulentus (2d article). 18e note. Faunitaxys 13(63): 1-17. DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(63) Reference page.