Ptychotrichos fenestrifer, Zerny, 1931

Pinheiro, L. R. & Gaal-Haszler, S., 2015, Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status, Zootaxa 3925 (4), pp. 505-535 : 511

fenestrifer Zerny, 1931

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Ptychotrichos [sic] (?) fenestrifer Zerny, 1931a: 254 . Holotype male [by monotypy]: [ BRAZIL, Pará, Santarém], Taperinha (Hagmann); with two labels: printed label “Taperinha b. Santarem, G. Hagmann” with date handwritten on the underside “ v.1920 ”, and handwritten label “Ptychotrichos (?) fenestrifer Zerny ♂ type ”.

Current combination. Ptychotricos fenestrifer Zerny, 1931 .

Condition of the type. Left antenna broken and right hind wing damaged. Middle and hind legs missing on the right side.

Remarks. This species was described in Ptychotricos Schaus, 1894 with a question mark indicating uncertainty with respect to its placement in the genus. It indeed does not seem to belong in a monophyletic concept of the genus, but to be more closely related to species currently placed in the genera Heliura Butler, 1876b and Delphyre Walker, 1854 (L. R. Pinheiro, unpublished data), such as H. excavata ( Dognin, 1910) and D. maculosa ( Hampson, 1898) .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 24. 1) Eucyane phanoptoides (Lectotype); 2) Eucyane variabilis flavofasciata (Lectotype); 3) Eucyane variabilis variabilis (Lectotype); 4) Pseudophaloe xiphydria (Holotype); 5) Pseudosphenoptera boyi (Holotype); 6) Correbia rufescens columbiana (Lectotype); 7) Diptilum [sic] crassum (Holotype); 8) Ptychotrichos [sic] fenestrifer (Holotype); 9) Episcepsis flavipuncta (Lectotype); 10) Schasiura gymnelioides (Holotype); 11) Heliura hagmanni (Lectotype); 12) Cercopimorpha hoffmanni (Lectotype); 13) Teucer imbecillus (Holotype); 14) Desmotricha josioides (Lectotype); 15) Eucereon lychnis (Lectotype); 16) Eucereon maternum (Holotype); 17) Episcepsis melanoneura (Lectotype); 18) Episcepsis nereus (Lectotype); 19) Ceramidia pinguis (Holotype); 20) Ctenucha reimoseri (Holotype); 21) Episcepsis rotundipennis (Lectotype); 22) Eucereon sericeum (Lectotype); 23) Pompiliodes acroleuca (Lectotype); 24) Calonotos acutipennis (Lectotype). Scale bars: 1 cm.