Check List 12(6): e19590, doi: 10.15560/12.6.1988
Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. II — Subtribe Pericopina Walker, [1865]
José A. Teston‡,
Viviane G. Ferro§ ‡ Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
Corresponding author:
José Teston
(
jateston@gmail.com
)
© 2017 José Teston, Viviane Ferro. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Teston J, Ferro V (2016) Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian Amazon. II — Subtribe Pericopina Walker, [1865]. Check List 12(6): 1988. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.6.1988 | |
Abstract
This study aims to identify and record specimens of the lepidopteran tribe Arctiini from the Brazilian Amazon, as well as update the previous lists of this tribe, based on specimens from collections and a literature review. Sixty-two species of Pericopina were recorded, of which six are newly recorded from the Brazilian Amazon.
Keywords
Amazon; day-flying moths; inventory; Noctuoidea; tiger moths