Metaxanthia Druce, 1899

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 : 369

Genus Metaxanthia Druce, 1899

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Metaxanthia Druce, 1899b: 465 .

Metaxanthia Hampson, 1901a: 172 . Junior homonym of Metaxanthia Druce, 1899 . — Type species: Metaxanthia vespiformis Druce, 1899 , by original designation.

TYPE SPECIES. — Metaxanthia vespiformis Druce, 1899 , by monotypy.

Figures

FIG. 18.— A-H, dorsal views.A, Lepidojulia arnaui Orfila,1952,holotype female,Argentina,San Pedro de Colalao (MACN);B, Metaxanthia vespiformis Druce, 1899, syntype female, Brazil, Villa Nova (BMNH); C, Arctagyrta nana Walker, 1856, syntype male, Brazil, Valley of the Amazon (UMO); D, Agaraea longicornis Herrich-Schäffer, [1855], probable syntype male, Brazil (MLUH); E, Biturix diversipes Walker, 1855, syntype male, Venezuela (BMNH); F, Euerythra phasma Harvey, 1876, USA, Missouri (CNC); G, Cycnia tenera Hübner, 1818, Canada, Ontario (CNC); H, Euchaetes egle (Drury, 1773), Canada, Ontario (CNC). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.