Pelochyta brunnescens 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 : 260

Pelochyta brunnescens Rothschild, 1909

Pelochyta brunnescens Rothschild, 1909c: 226 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Peru, [Puno], Santo Domingo.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Described on 20 males and 6 females. We chose the male syntype with a white printed label “S[anto] Domingo, Carabaya, dry, 6500 ft, Oct. 02 (G. Ockenden)” / a white printed label “Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1.” / a pink handwritten label “ Pelochyta brunnescens Type Rothsch[ild]” / 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 Pelochyta brunnescens ♂ by Vincent & Laguerre” ( BMNH).