Check List 12(3): e19503, doi: 10.15560/12.3.1901
First record of Araeomolis propinqua Toulgoët, 1998 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Brazil
expand article infoJosé Augusto Teston, Ana Carla Walfredo da Conceição, Danúbia Marcela Pereira Valente, Margarida Pereira de Freitas
‡ Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil
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Abstract
This note reports the first record of Araeomolis propinqua Toulgoët, 1998(Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arcti­inae) in Brazil. The specimens were found in Amazônia National Park, Pará state, Eastern Amazon. The distribution ofA. propinqua is extended 1,100 km south from its nearest previous locality.
Keywords
Noctuoidea; Arctiini; Phaegopterina; tiger‑moths; Neotropics