Two new species of Americerura St. Laurent & Goldstein, 2023 from Brazil (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Cerurinae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.847

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Lepidoptera, Notodontidae, Cerurinae, Americerura, Cerura, Tecmessa, new species, Neotropical, Brazil

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Ten species of Americerura St. Laurent & Goldstein, 2023 are represented in Brazil: A. annulifera (Berg, 1878), A. argynnis (Schaus, 1901), A. dandon (Druce, 1894), A. lancea (Schaus, 1905), A. purusa (Schaus, 1928), A. rarata (Walker, 1865), A. rivera (Schaus, 1901) and A. splendens (Jones, 1908), and two described here: A. kalyae Becker, sp. nov. and A. minor Becker sp. nov.

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Becker, V. O. (2014). Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Lepidoptera novae, 7(1), 1-40.

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St Laurent, R. A., Goldstein, P. Z., Miller, J. S., Markee, A., Staude, H. S., Kawahara, A. Y., Miller, S. E., & Robbins, R. K. (2023). Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus. Insect systematics and diversity, 7(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad004 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad004

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2024-03-30

How to Cite

Becker, V. O. (2024). Two new species of Americerura St. Laurent & Goldstein, 2023 from Brazil (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Cerurinae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 52(205), 87–91. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.847

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