Cecharismena tincturalis, Kaye

Bland, Keith P., 2010, Name-bearing Types of Lepidoptera (Insecta), excluding Rhopalocera, in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Zootaxa 2394, pp. 1-22 : 15-16

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.275866
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6211593
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scientific name	Cecharismena tincturalis
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Redara [sic] TINCTURALIS Kaye, 1925

Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1924 (3 & 4), 413–428[421], pl. XLV: fig. 14. Current accepted combination: Cecharismena tincturalis ( Kaye, 1925) (see Poole 1989).

Holotype, female, pinned:

Specimen data: “Palmiste | Oct.21. ” [Handwritten (by Lamont)]. “Radara sp. |? tostola Feld. Ƥ | W.H.T.Tams det.” [Printed].” “Lamont | Collection | 1950.16” [Printed] with label with “ TYPE ” [Handwritten in red ink], glued to it. “Redara [sic] tincturalis Kaye ” [Handwritten Lamont cabinet label]. Label justifying specimen as holotype by M.J.W.Cock, 1997.

Remarks: This specimen collected at Palmiste, Trinidad in October 1921 by Sir N. Lamont is unambiguously the holotype. It is illustrated in colour in Pl. XLV: fig. 14 ( Kaye 1925, Kaye & Lamont 1927).

References

Kaye, W. J. (1925) New species and sub-species of Trinidad Rhopalocera and Heterocera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1924 (3 - 4), 413 - 428 + plate.

Kaye, W. J. & Lamont, N. (1927) A catalogue of the Trinidad Lepidoptera Heterocera (Moths). Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, Trinidad & Tobago, Port-of-Spain. No. 3, 1927, xv + 144 pp., 2 pls.

Poole, R. W. (1989) Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Parts 1 - 30. E. J. Brill, New York.