Tricypha proxima (Grote, 1867)

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 : 257-258

Tricypha proxima (Grote, 1867)

Erithales proxima Grote, 1867: 320 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Cuba.

TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of male syntypes (?).

Genus Pelochyta Hübner, [1819] ( Fig. 12A )

Pelochyta Hübner, [1819] b: 172.

Sontia Walker, 1856: 1641 . — Type species: Phalaena neuroptera Sepp, [1848] , by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892).

TYPE SPECIES. — Sphinx arontes Stoll, [1782] , by subsequent designation by Hampson (1901)a.

Figures

FIG. 12. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Pelochyta arontes (Stoll, [1782]), French Guiana (coll. M. L.); B, Stidzaeras strigifera Druce, 1905, syntype male, Venezuela, Caura Valley (BMNH); C, Ammalo helops (Cramer, [1776]), (male syntype of its synonym, Ammalo fervidus Walker,1855,Colombia,Bogotá (BMNH));D, Mazaeras conferta Walker,1855,holotype female,Brazil (BMNH);E, Sychesia dryas dryas (Cramer, [1776]) (holotype female of its synonym, Sychesia fimbria MÖschler,1878,Suriname (ZMHN)); F, Pitane fervens Walker, 1854, holotype female, South America (BMNH); G, Elysius conspersus Walker, 1855, holotype male, Brazil (BMNH); H, Onythes pallidicosta Walker, 1855, holotype male, Venezuela (BMNH). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.