Arotros

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Bombycoidea

Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Arotros
Species: A. bidentata – A. colleti – A. giustii – A. moseri – A. nozama – A. striata – A. tridentata – A. vincenti
Name

Arotros Schaus, 1892

Type species: Arotros striata William Schaus, 1892 by monotypy
References

Herbin, D., Orlandin E. & Carneiro, E. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Arotros Schaus, 1892 with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera: Apatelodidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 42(3): 125–144. Reference page.
Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Dexter, Kitching, Breinholt, J.W., Zwick, A., Timmermans, Barber & Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC evolutionary biology. [[1]] Reference page.

Arotros is a genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae. Initially classified in Bombycidae, and monotypic with Arotros striata species from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), it now contains seven additional species Arotros moseri, Arotros bidentata, Arotros tridentata, Arotros colleti, Arotros giustii, Arotros nozama, Arotros vincenti.

The wingspan of Arotros striata is approximately 45 mm. The wings are buff with brown veins and striations. The base and half of the costal margin of the forewings are dark grey, as is the head. The collar is brown, with darker margins. The thorax and abdomen are buff—the latter with numerous longitudinal dark streaks.[1]
References

On the probable Identity of certain Specimens, formerly in the Lidth de Jeude Collection, and now in the British Múseum

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Arotros striata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
Herbin, Olandin & Carneiro: Taxonomic revision of Arotros Schaus, 1892 with description of seven new species (Lepidoptera Apatelodidae): https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Herbin,_Orlandin_%26_Carneiro,_2021