Tessellota Hampson, 1901

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 : 249

Genus Tessellota Hampson, 1901

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Tessellota Hampson, 1901a: 430 .

Sellota Breyer, 1957: 11 . — Type species: Halesidota trifasciata Burmeister, 1878 , by original designation.

TYPE SPECIES. — Halesidota cancellata Burmeister, 1878 , by original designation.

Figures

FIG. 10. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Hyperthaema albipuncta Schaus, 1901, lectotype female, Brazil, São Paulo (USNM); B, Ochrodota pronapides (Druce, 1894), holotype female, Panama, Bugaba (BMNH); C, Pydnaodes distincta (Rothschild, 1909), syntype male, Brazil,Fonte Boa (BMNH);D, Tessellarctia semivaria (Walker,1856),syntype male, Brazil (UMO); E, Pseudotessellarctia ursina (Schaus, 1892), lectotype male, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (USNM); F, Tessellota cancellata (Burmeister, 1878), syntype female, Argentina, Buenos Aires (MACN); G, Tessella sertata (Berg, 1882), Argentina, Parc National Calilegua (coll. B. V.); H, Pachydota iodea (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]), syntype female, Mexico (MLUH). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.