Pitane Walker, 1854

Vincent, Benoît & 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 : 265

Genus Pitane Walker, 1854

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Pitane Walker, 1854b: 462 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Pitane fervens Walker, 1854 , by monotypy.

Figures

FIG. 12. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Pelochyta arontes (Stoll, [1782]), French Guiana (coll. M. L.); B, Stidzaeras strigifera Druce, 1905, syntype male, Venezuela, Caura Valley (BMNH); C, Ammalo helops (Cramer, [1776]), (male syntype of its synonym, Ammalo fervidus Walker,1855,Colombia,Bogotá (BMNH));D, Mazaeras conferta Walker,1855,holotype female,Brazil (BMNH);E, Sychesia dryas dryas (Cramer, [1776]) (holotype female of its synonym, Sychesia fimbria MÖschler,1878,Suriname (ZMHN)); F, Pitane fervens Walker, 1854, holotype female, South America (BMNH); G, Elysius conspersus Walker, 1855, holotype male, Brazil (BMNH); H, Onythes pallidicosta Walker, 1855, holotype male, Venezuela (BMNH). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.