Amastus affinis 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 : 299

Amastus affinis Rothschild, 1909

Amastus affinis Rothschild, 1909b: 278 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Peru, [Puno], Santo Domingo, Carabaya.

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Described on 10 males and 8 females. We chose the male syntype with a white printed label “S[anto] Domingo, Carabaya, 6000 ft, July 02 Dry s. (G. Ockenden)” / two white printed labels “Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1.” / a pink handwritten label “ Amastus affinis Type Rothsch[ild]” / 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 Amastus affinis ♂ by Vincent & Laguerre” ( BMNH).