Kingdom Animalia Family Erebidae Scientific name Amastus Higher classification Phaegopterina Order Butterflies and moths | Superfamily Noctuoidea Subtribe Phaegopterina Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | |
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Similar Arctiinae, Elysius, Symphlebia, Butterflies and moths | ||
Amastus is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family.
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Taxonomy
The delimitation of Amastus versus Hemihyalea has long been problematic. It was recently determined that the type species of Hemihyalea (the old Phaegoptera cornea) is closely related to that of Amastus (P. collaris) to warrant inclusion in the present genus. That determination led to the reestablishment of the genus Pseudohemihyalea for the more distantly related group of species around "H." schausi. There is no consensus yet on whether to include the remaining Hemihyalea species in Amastus.
Selected species
Species of Amastus include:
"A." lehmanni as described by Rothschild in 1910 is now in Opharus. The homonymous species described by Rothschild in 1916, now renamed "A." popayanensis, is one of those disputed between Amastus and Hemihyalea.