Purius Walker, 1855

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 : 272

Genus Purius Walker, 1855

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Purius Walker, 1855a: 719 .

Spodarctia Dyar, 1925: 3 . — Type species: Spodarctia superpulverea Dyar, 1925 , by original designation.

TYPE SPECIES. — Purius sordidus Walker, 1855 , by original designation.

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FIG. 13. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Pseudapistosia umber (Cramer,[1776]), probable syntype male, Suriname (RNHL); B, Purius pilumnia (Stoll, [1780]) (syntype male of its synonym, Purius sordidus Walker, 1855, Venezuela (BMNH)); C, Ischnocampa sordida Felder & Rogenhofer,1874,lectotype female,Colombia,Bogotá (BMNH);D, Pseudischnocampa nigrivena Schaus,1901, lectotype male,Bolivie, Suapi (USNM); E, Trocodima lenistriata (Dognin, 1906), lectotype male, Argentina (USNM); F, Epicrisias eschara Dyar, 1912, holotype female, Mexico, Zacualpan (USNM); G, Opharus procroides Walker, 1855, syntype male, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (BMNH); H, Pithea ferruginea Walker, 1856, syntype male, Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá (BMNH). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.