Euchaetes

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: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Phaegopterina
Genus: Euchaetes
Species: E. albaticosta – E. albicosta – E. antica – E. bicolor – E. bolteri – E. castalla – E. costaricae – E. crassipyga – E. cressida – E. cyclica – E. densa – E. egle – E. elegans – E. epagoga – E. expressa – E. fumidus – E. fusca – E. gigantea – E. griseopunctata – E. helena – E. jalapa – E. matudai – E. mitis – E. nancyae – E. pannycha – E. parazona – E. perlevis – E. polingi – E. pollenia – E. pollinia – E. promathides – E. psara – E. rhadia – E. rizoma – E. salatis – E. scepsiformis – E. sinaloensis – E. zella – E. zonalis
Name

Euchaetes Harris, 1841

Type species: Phalaena egle Drury, 1773 by monotypy.
Synonyms

Euchaetias Lyman, 1902 (An unnecessary replacement name for Euchaetes).

References

Harris, T.W., 1841: A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. – Cambridge, Massachusetts: Folsom, Wells, and Thurston: viii + 459 pp.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
Nagle, R.B. & Schmidt, B.C. 2018. A new species of Euchaetes Harris from southern Arizona (Erebidae, Arctiinae). Pp 69–77 In
Schmidt, B.C. & Lafontaine, J.D. (eds.) 2018. Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VII. ZooKeys 788: 1–252. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.788.30148 Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.788.26310 Reference page.
Witt, T.J. & Ronkay, L. (Eds.) 2011. Noctuidae Europaeae. Volume 13. Lymantriinae and Arctiinae, including phylogeny and check list of the quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Entomological Press, Sorø, 448 pp. ISBN 978-87-89430-18-8. Reference page.

Euchaetes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841.
Species

Euchaetes albaticosta (Dyar, 1912)
Euchaetes albicosta (Walker, 1855)
Euchaetes antica (Walker, 1856)
Euchaetes bicolor (Rothschild, 1935)
Euchaetes bolteri (Stretch, 1885)
Euchaetes castalla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
Euchaetes cressida (Dyar, 1913)
Euchaetes egle (Drury, 1773) – milkweed tiger moth
Euchaetes elegans (Stretch, 1874)
Euchaetes expressa (H. Edwards, 1884)
Euchaetes fusca (Rothschild, 1910)
Euchaetes gigantea (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
Euchaetes mitis Schaus, 1910
Euchaetes pannycha (Dyar, 1918)
Euchaetes perlevis (Grote, 1882)
Euchaetes polingi (Cassino, 1928)
Euchaetes promathides (Druce, 1894)
Euchaetes psara (Dyar, 1907)
Euchaetes rizoma (Schaus, 1896)
Euchaetes zella (Dyar, 1903)

References
Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
Savela, Markku. "Euchaetes Harris, 1841". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2017.