Himerarctia docis (Hübner, [1831])

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 : 224-225

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2014n2a1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E487B8-FFB7-CA42-FD66-FAAFFDEBFEFE
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Himerarctia docis (Hübner, [1831])
status

Treatment

Automolis docis Hübner, [1831] c: 32.

Automolis basalis Walker, 1856: 1635 . — Type locality: [ Brazil], Valley of the Amazon. — Type specimen: Lectotype female no. 0483 designated by Watson (1975: 37) (UMO).

Automolis tenebrata Seitz, 1922: 372 . — Type locality: [maybe middle Amazon].— Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (BMNH).

TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Cayenne.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of syntypes (?).

REMARK

Seitz (1922: 372) indicates that the form tenebrata had already been figured by Rothschild (1909a: plate VII, fig. 38). The specimen figured comes from Middle Amazon and is housed in BMNH.