Amastus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Phaegopterina
Genus: Amastus
Species: A. aconia – A. adela – A. affinis – A. alba – A. aloniae – A. ambiguus – A. ambrosia – A. antonio – A. aphraates – A. argillacea – A. aurantiacus – A. berhameli – A. bertrandi – A. bipartitus – A. bolivari – A. bolivianus – A. bombycina – A. brunnescens – A. brunnescens – A. camposi – A. cerdai – A. childi – A. chimaera – A. cinnamomea – A. coccinator – A. collaris – A. colombiana – A. conspicua – A. coprophora – A. cornea – A. cuneolimbatus – A. deformis – A. deinella – A. descimoni – A. diaphenes – A. diluta – A. dognini – A. drucei – A. dubius – A. edaphus – A. elius – A. elongata – A. episcotosia – A. erebella – A. erebelloides – A. ergana – A. esamenae – A. fallax – A. ferreobrunnea – A. flavicauda – A. formosana – A. frater – A. fusca – A. fuscoides – A. gaujoni – A. genoveva – A. gilvus – A. hampsoni – A. hannemanni – A. hyalina – A. hyalina – A. inanis – A. incertus – A. inconspicuus – A. inopinatus – A. jeritzae – A. laguerrei – A. lehmanni – A. leria – A. lichyi – A. lividus – A. maasseni – A. maculicincta – A. medara – A. medica – A. medicoides – A. melanoproctis – A. mesorhoda – A. mirificus – A. morenoi – A. morosus – A. muscosa – A. nadiae – A. nebulosus – A. nigrescens – A. ninae – A. obscurus – A. ochraceator – A. ochraceocinctus – A. ockendeni – A. odettae – A. oleagina – A. orosiana – A. pallescens – A. palmeri – A. paramensis – A. parergana – A. peralta – A. persimilis – A. peruviana – A. phaeosoma – A. picata – A. pluto – A. polioscia – A. polystrigata – A. popayanensis – A. porioni – A. postflavidus – A. prosenii – A. proximus – A. pseuderebella – A. pseudocollaris – A. ramona – A. reinona – A. reticulatus – A. rosenbergi – A. rothschildi – A. rothschildiana – A. rubicundus – A. rubridorsata – A. rufator – A. rufescens – A. rufocinnamomea – A. rufothorax – A. rumina – A. scriblita – A. semifulvus – A. simulans – A. simulator – A. subtenuimargo – A. subterminata – A. suffusa – A. supersimilis – A. tenuimargo – A. thalassina – A. thermidora – A. thiaucourti – A. thierryi – A. tolimae – A. tolimensis – A. tolimensis – A. tristis – A. tumbilla – A. umber – A. vandregisili – A. venedictoffae – A. vesta – A. vicinus – A. vitreata – A. vitreata – A. vitripennis – A. volcancita – A. watsoni – A. zischkai
Name

Amastus Walker, 1855
References

Daniel, F. 1952: Zwei neue südamerikanische Actiiden-Arten (Lep. Het.). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 42: 130–133. Full article. Reference page.
de Toulgoët, H. 1987b: Note pour servir à la révision du genre Amastus Walker, 1855, avec examen critique du genre Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901 (24e note) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie N.S. 4(4): 363–368. Reference page.
de Toulgoët, H., 1990: Description de nouvelles Arctiides d'Amérique latine (33 Note) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Revue française d'Entomologie N.S. 12(2): 59–65. Reference page.
Toulgoët de, H., 1999: Description de nouvelles Arctiides néotropicales (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 16 (4): 357–360.
de Toulgoët, H. 1999c. Description d’une nouvelle Arctiides néotropicale (63e note), (Lepidoptera Arctiidae Arctiinae). Lambillionea 99(4): 572-574. Reference page.
de Toulgoët, H. 1999d: Description de nouvelles Arctiides néotropicales (64e note), (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie N.S. 16(4): 357–360. Reference page.
Vincent, B., 2002: Description d'une nouvelle Arctiidae neotropicale (Lépidoptères Arctiidae Arctiinae). Lambillionea 102(3): 258-260. Reference page.
Vincent, B. 2020c. Description de quatre nouvelles espèces andines de Phaegopterina et Spilosomina (Lepidoptera Erebidae Arctiinae Arctiini). Antenor 7(2): 123-130. Reference page.

Amastus is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.

Taxonomy

The delimitation of Amastus versus Hemihyalea has long been problematic. It was recently determined that the type species of Hemihyalea (the old Phaegoptera cornea) is so closely related to that of Amastus (P. collaris) as to warrant inclusion in the present genus. That determination led to the reestablishment of the genus Pseudohemihyalea for the more distantly related group of species around "Hemihyalea" schausi. There is no consensus yet on whether to include the remaining Hemihyalea species in Amastus.[1]
Selected species

Species of Amastus include:

Amastis aconia (Herrich-Schäffer 1853)
Amastus bicolor (Maassen, 1890)
Amastus cellularis Rothschild, 1922
Amastus collaris (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
Amastus maasseni (Rothschild, 1909)
Amastus modesta (Maassen, 1890)
Amastus mossi (Rothschild, 1922)
Amastus muscosa (Rothschild, 1909)
Amastus rubicundus (Toulgoët, 1981)
Amastus rufocinnamomea (Rothschild, 1909)
Amastus rufothorax Toulgoët, 1999
Amastus umber Rothschild, 1909
Amastus walkeri (Rothschild, 1922)

"A." lehmanni as described by Walter Rothschild in 1910 is now in Opharus. The homonymous species described by Rothschild in 1916, now renamed "A." popayanensis, is one of those disputed between Amastus and Hemihyalea.
Footnotes

Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), Schmidt (2009)

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Amastus Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hemihyalea Hampson, 1901". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
Schmidt, B. Christian. (2009). "Revision of the "Aemilia" ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)". ZooKeys. 9: 63-78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.149

External links
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Amastus Walker, 1855". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
Savela, Markku. "Amastus Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2019.