Pareuchaetes aurata ( Butler, 1875 )

Silva, Karoline M. O., Câmara, Joseleide T. & Teston, José A., 2023, An annotated catalogue of the Phaegopterina (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of state of Maranhão, Brazil, Zootaxa 5285 (1), pp. 1-40 : 24

Pareuchaetes aurata ( Butler, 1875)

Type locality. [ Brazil], Espirito Santo .

Type specimens. Undisclosed number of syntype ( NHMUK; one ♁ syntype labeled TYPE).

Taxonomic references. Butler (1875), Hampson (1905), Schaus (1933) and Vincent & Laguerre (2014).

Material examined Brazil, Maranhão: Açailândia , 4°57'14.17"S / 47°30'11.08"W. Light traps, 19–27.xi.1990, V.O. Becker legit, 3 specimens ( VOB) ; Caxias, Chapada , 4°57'41,1"S / 43°29'37,3"W. Light traps, 17–21.iii.2015, K.M.O. Silva, S. Pereira, P.I. Alves, T.R.D. Carneiro legit, 1 ♁ ( CZMA) ; Caxias, Inhamum Ecological Reserve , 4°53'52"S / 43º26'02"W. Light traps, 27–29.iii.2006, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira legit, 1 ♀ ( CZMA) ; Mirador, Mirador State Park , 6°24'46.97"S / 44°28'47.03"W. Light traps, 19–20.xii.2006, R.O. Souza, J.C. Silva legit, 1 ♀ ( CZMA) ; idem, 17–21.ii.2007, J.C. Silva, M.J. Holanda legit, 2 ♀ ( CZMA) .

Months records in Maranhão. February, March, November and December.

Geographical records in Brazil. Pará (Amazon), Tocantins, Bahia (Cerrado), São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina ( Atlantic Forest) and Rio Grande do Sul ( Atlantic Forest and Pampas).