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Antarctia valstana Schaus

Comprehensive Description

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Antarctia valstana Schaus

Antarctia valstana Schaus, 1933, p. 587.

Forewing 16.5 mm. Head, thorax, and forewing dark greyish brown. Hindwing pale yellow; outer marginal fringe greyish brown anteriorly. Abdomen golden yellow dorsally, with broad, greyish brown longitudinal band medially; ventrally greyish brown.

A single male (USNM 34447) from Tucuman, Argentina, is designated in the original description.

Holotype ♂: “Collection Wm Schaus; Tucuman, Argentina; Type No. 34447 U.S.N.M.; Antarctia valstana Schs type; Holotype ♂ Antarctia valstana Schaus A.W. 1967; Arctiidae genitalia slide No. AW530.”
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bibliographic citation
Watson, Allan. 1973. "An illustrated catalog of the Neotropic Arctiinae types in the United States National Museum (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Part 2." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.50.1