Amastus Walker, 1855

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 : 294-295

Genus Amastus Walker, 1855

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Amastus Walker, 1855a: 723 . Toulgoët 1988c (revision and arrangement of the genus Amastus in 7 groups).

Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901a: 129 . — Type species: Phaegoptera cornea Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] , by original designation.

Magnoptera Ruiz, 1989: 151 . — Type species: Magnoptera watsoni Ruiz, 1989 , by original designation.

TYPE SPECIES. — Phaegoptera collaris Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] , by monotypy.

REMARK

Toulgoët (1988c) proposed arranging the species of the genus Amastus in seven groups based on the habitus . Toulgoët (1992b) later created an eighth group. Three species are currently not assigned to any group.

Figures

FIG. 15. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Wanderbiltia wanderbilti Rego Barros, 1958, holotype male, Brazil, Parque Nacional Itatiaia (MNRJ); B, Wanderbiltia wanderbilti Rego Barros, 1958, Brazil, Parque Nacional Itatiaia (coll. B. V.); C, Pseudamastus alsa (Druce, 1890), syntype male, Dominica (BMNH); D, Amastus collaris (Herrich-Schäffer,[1853]), probable syntype male,Venezuela (ZIL);E, Romualdia opharina (Schaus,1921),Brazil,Parc National Itatiaia (coll.B. V.); F, Metacrisia courregesi (Dognin,1891),lectotype male,Ecuador,Loja (USNM); G, Hypocrisias punctatus (Druce, 1884), Guatemala, Las Mercedes (BMNH); H, Mellamastus nero (Weymer, 1907), syntype male, Brazil, Joinville (ZMHB). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.