Trichura cerberus

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: Trichura
Species: Trichura cerberus

Trichura cerberus (Pallas, 1772): 27, pl.2 fig.8

Type locality: Unknown.

Type material: Probably lost.

Sphynx cerberus Pallas, 1772 (Original combination)
Zygaena caudata Fabricius, 1777: 277; = Hampson, 1898: 342
Trichura cerberus angusta Draudt, 1915: 111, pl.18 fig.d
- Type locality: Bolivia, Rio Songo.
  - Type material: 2 syntype specimens in MNHN
    - Note: Cerda, 2025: 140 (g) emits hypothesis T. c. angusta would be the same species than T. hadassa, needing further investigations.
Trichura cerberus; Hampson, 1898: 342; Zerny, 1931: 243; Cerda, 2025: 131.

Pallas, P.S. 1772. Spicilegia Zoologica, Vol. 9. Berlin: Gottlieb August Lange. BEIC. Reference page.

Fabricius, J.C. 1777. Genera insectorum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium partium oris adiecta mantissa specierum nuper detectarum. Mich. Friedr. Bartschii, Chilonii. 310 pp. 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.
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.
Cerda, J.A. 2025. Révision partielle du genre Trichura Hübner, [1819] 1816, avec l’invention d’un nouveau genre, et la description de cinq nouvelles espèces (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina) Seizième note. Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 94(3): 125-164. Reference page.