Melese nigromaculata Rothschild, 1909

Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zoosystema 36 (2), pp. 137-533 : 235

Melese nigromaculata Rothschild, 1909

Melese nigromaculata Rothschild, 1909b: 272 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — [ Brazil], Minas Gerais.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Described on 3 males and 4 females. We chose the male syntype with a white printed label “Minas Geraes (Kennedy)” / a white printed label “Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1.” / a pink handwritten label “ Melese nigromaculata Type Rothsch[ild]” / a white printed label “ Arctiidae ♀ (!), Genitalia slide, VU n° 16 W” / a blue printed label “ Arctiidae , genitalia slide, N° 2950” / a round red printed label “Type”, and designated it as lectotype. We have labeled it with a round blue label “ Lectotype ” and a white printed label “ Lectotype Melese nigromaculata ♂ by Vincent & Laguerre” ( BMNH).