Utetheisa ornatrix ornatrix ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zoosystema 36 (2), pp. 137-533 : 426

Utetheisa ornatrix ornatrix ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Phalaena ornatrix Linnaeus, 1758: 511 .

Phalaena bella Linnaeus, 1758: 534 . — Type locality: [ USA or CANADA], [North America America septentrionali]. — Type specimen: Lectotype male designated by Robinson & Nielsen (1983: 203) (LS).

Euprepia venusta Dalman, 1823: 51 . — Type locality: not indicated. — Type specimen: Holotype male (NRS).

Deiopeia speciosa Walker, 1854b: 568 . — Type locality: Jamaica. — Type specimens: Described from 3 syntypes (BMNH; one female syntype labeled TYPE).

Deiopeia stretchii Butler, 1877a: 361 . — Type locality: Honduras. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (?).

Deiopeia pura Butler, 1877a: 360 . — Type locality: Brazil; Guatemala ; [ Ecuador], Galapagos. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes ( BMNH; 1 specimen from Guatemala labeled TYPE) .

Deiopeia hybrida Butler, 1877a: 361 . — Type locality: [ USA]. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (BMNH; one of the syntypes labeled TYPE).

Deiopeia intermedia Butler, 1877a: 361 . — Type locality: [ USA]. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (BMNH; one of the syntypes labeled TYPE).

Utetheisa terminalis Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893a: 162 . — Type locality: [ USA], Atlantic States. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (?).

Utetheisa nova Smith, [1910] : 438. — Type locality: USA, New Jersey, Litte Falls. — Type specimens: Described from 3 syntypes (AMNH; one male specimen labeled Type (Smith’s hand) and one male specimen labeled TYPE (red label)).

Utetheisa daphoena Dyar, 1914a: 129 . — Type locality: Mexico, [Veracruz], Jalapa. — Type specimen: Holotype male (USNM).

Utetheisa butleri Dyar, 1914a: 130 . — Type locality: Honduras. — Type specimens: Described from 1 male and 1 female syntypes (BMNH; the female syntype labeled TYPE).

Utetheisa grossbecki Strand, 1919: 359 . — Type locality: USA, New Jersey, Litte Falls.— Type specimens: Described from 3 syntypes (AMNH; one male specimen labeled Type (Smith’s hand) and one male specimen labeled TYPE (red label)).

TYPE LOCALITY. — [North or South America] America.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Lectotype male or female designated by Mikkola and Honey (1993: 146) ( UU).

REMARKS

Ruiz (1989: 161) has designated a lectotype male for Utetheisa ornatrix ornatrix from Azapa, Chile (IZUC). But due to its geographical origin, this specimen cannot be the syntype described by Linnaeus. This designation is invalid unlike that made by Mikkola and Honey (1993).

The female specimen of Utetheisa nova is labeled Lectotype by A. Watson (1967, unpublished).

Utetheisa grossbecki is an objective synonym of U. nova because Strand described the same syntype specimen.

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