Psychophasma

Psychophasma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. Its only species, Psychophasma erosa, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1858. It is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.[1][2]

Psychophasma
Psychophasma erosa - French Guiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Psychophasma
Butler, 1878
Species:
P. erosa
Binomial name
Psychophasma erosa
Synonyms
  • Halysidota erosa Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
  • Halesidota albidator Walker, [1865]
  • Halesidota vitripennis Walker, 1869

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Psychophasma Butler, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  2. Toulgoët, Hervé de & Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Psychophasma erosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1858)". Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Retrieved September 13, 2019.


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