Antarctia persimilis Burmeister, 1878: 452

Beccacece, Hernan M., Vincent, Benoit & Navarro, Fernando R., 2014, 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), ZooKeys 421, pp. 65-89 : 79

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Erebidae

Antarctia persimilis Burmeister, 1878: 452 Fig. 22

Current identity.

Paracles persimilis (Burmeister, 1878).

Material.

Described on the basis of a male and a female specimen from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Type locality.

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

MACN.

In the Burmeister collection there is a single female specimen with no label pinned on it (Fig. 22). The only label associated with the specimen is the square white label with "persimilis Burm[eister] Brasil." ( Burmeister’s handwriting) and a red label with the inscription "Lectotype ♀ Antarctia persimilis Burmeister designated by Beccacece, Vincent & Navarro." It is inferred that the female specimen belongs to the original type series and we hereby designate it as lectotype [MACN]. It is in good overall condition.

Remarks.

The male syntype was not located.