Anaxita 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 : 314

Genus Anaxita Walker, 1855

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Anaxita Walker, 1855a: 748 .

Echemis Boisduval, 1870: 99 . — Type species: Phaegoptera elegantissima Herrich-Schäffer, [1856] , by subsequent designation by Watson et al. (1980).

TYPE SPECIES. — Anaxita decorata Walker, 1855 , by monotypy.

Figures

FIG. 17. — A-H, dorsal views.A, Anaxita decorata Walker,1855, syntype male, Mexico (BMNH);B, Carales astur astur (Cramer,[1777]) (holotype female of its synonym, Carales albicans Walker, 1855, Venezuela (BMNH)); C, Lepidozikania cinerascens (Walker, 1855), holotype female, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (BMNH); D, Halysidota tessellaris (Smith, 1797) (specimen of its synonym, Halysidota oslari Rothschild,1909),USA,Denver (BMNH));E, Westindia haxairei Vincent,2014,holotype male,Dominican Republic,Constanza (MNHN); F, Haemaphlebiella venata (Rothschild, 1909),syntype male, Brazil,Fonte Boa (BMNH);G, Lophocampa caryae Harris,1841,Canada, Ontario (MNHN); H, Leucanopsis leucanina (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) (male syntype of its synonym, Leucanopsis phellia (Druce, 1889), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (BMNH)). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.