Melese hampsoni Rothschild, 1909

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 : 235

Melese hampsoni Rothschild, 1909

Melese hampsoni Rothschild, 1909b: 272 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Guyana, [Potaro-Siparuni], Potaro.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Described on 21 males. We chose the male syntype with a white printed label “Potaro, Brit. Guiana, April 1908, (S.M. Klages)” / a white printed label “Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1.” / a pink handwritten label “ Melese hampsoni Type Rothsch[ild]” / a white printed label “ ARCTIIDAE ♂, Genitalia Slide Vu n° 17 W” / a printed blue label “ Arctiidae genitalia slide N° 2951” / a round red printed label “Type”, and designated it as lectotype. We have labeled it with a round blue label “ Lectotype ” and a white printed label “ Lectotype 2010 Melese hampsoni ♂ by Vincent & Laguerre” ( BMNH).