Xanthopastis timais

Xanthopastis timais is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the lowland areas of South and Central America and in the Caribbean. In the south, it ranges to northern Argentina. It was previously also recorded from North America, but these records refer to Xanthopastis regnatrix.[2]

Illustration from Sepp’s Surinaamsche vlinders

Xanthopastis timais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Xanthopastis
Species:
X. timais
Binomial name
Xanthopastis timais
(Cramer, [1780])[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena timais Cramer, [1780]
  • Phalaena Noctua timais Cramer, [1780]
  • Glottula timais
  • Euthisanotia timais
  • Phalaena amaryllidis Sepp, [1840]
  • Glottula heterocampa Guenée, 1852
  • Philochrysa regnatrix Grote, [1864]
  • Xanthopastis antillium Dyar, 1913
  • Xanthopastis timias f. molinoi Dyar, 1919

References
  1. Xanthopastis at funet
  2. Lafontaine, J. D.; Schmidt, B. C. (24 November 2011). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. National Library of Medicine (149): 145–161. doi:10.3897/zookeys.149.1805. PMC 3234417. PMID 22207802.
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