Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864

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 : 396

Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864

Callimorpha vestalis Packard, 1864: 108 .

Spilosoma vestalis amelaina Dyar, 1893: 512 . — Type locality: [ USA], Oregon, Portland. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (USNM; one male syntype specimen male labeled Type).

Diacrisia echo Rothschild, 1910b: 122 . — Type locality: not indicated. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of male and female syntypes (BMNH).

TYPE LOCALITY. — [ USA], Middle Atlantic States.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Described from 1 male and 1 female syntypes ( ANSP; not found) .

REMARK

The syntype specimen of Diacrisia echo is wrongly labeled “Asia”.

Genus Pyrrharctia Packard, 1864 ( Fig. 21D )

Pyrrharctia Packard, 1864: 120 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Phalaena isabella Smith, 1797 , by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892).

Figures

FIG. 21. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Andesobia jelskii (Oberthur, 1881) (male syntype of its synonym, Andesobia imitatrix (Rothschild, 1922),Peru (BMNH));B, Patagobia thursbyi (Rothschild,1910),syntype male,Argentina,Valley del Lago Blanco (BMNH);C, Spilosoma menthastri ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775), France, Seine et Marne (MNHN); D, Pyrrharctia isabella (Smith, 1797), Canada, British Columbia (coll. M. L.); E, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (a senior synonym of Hyphantria textor Harris, 1841, USA, Missouri (USA)); F, Leichosila talamanca Schmidt,2009,holotype male,Costa Rica,Los Santos (INBC);G, Alexicles aspersa Grote,1883, USA,Arizona (CNC); H, Estigmene acrea (Drury, 1773), USA, New Jersey (CNC). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.