The type-material of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) described by Burmeister and Berg in the collection of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Author
Beccacece, Hernan M.
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Vincent, Benoit
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Navarro, Fernando R.
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.6666
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.421.6666
1313-2970-421-65
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Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Erebidae
Antarctia costata Burmeister, 1878: 451
Fig. 24
Current identity.
Paracles costata
(Burmeister, 1878), senior synonym of
Paracles bergi
(Schaus, 1896).
Material.
Described on the basis of a single specimen from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Type locality.
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil].
MACN.
In the Burmeister collection there is a male specimen with a green label with the inscription "Rio d[e] Jan[eiro];" it is in moderate to good condition, but miss
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the left forewing (Fig. 24). Its habitus matches the original description and for this reason we believe that this specimen is the holotype. We label it with a white label with the inscription "Holotype ♂
Antarctia costata
Burmeister."