Macrocneme chrysitis (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil (Para, Rio Grande do Sul). See [maps]
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
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Some related literature:
Beccacece & Navarro, 2013
New records of arctiid moths from Argentina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae)
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: 365-369
Bryk, 1953
Lepidoptera aus dem Amazonasgebiete und aus Peru gesammelt von Dr. Douglas Melin und Dr. Abraham Roman
Arkiv. Zool. (2) 5 (1)
: 1-268
Burmeister, 1878
Description physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personelles et étrangeres. 5. Lépidoptères. Première partie. Contenant les diurnes, crépusculaires et bombycoïdes
Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5
: 1-526
Butler, 1876
Notes on the Lepidoptera of the family Zygaenidae, with descriptions of new genera and species
J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 12 (60-62)
: 342-407, pl. 27-28
Cock, 2017
A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies
Insecta Mundi 585
: 1-58
Cock & Laguerre, 2023
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: 1-83
Cramer, [1775]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 1
(1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775),
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Dognin, 1906
Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud
Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 50
(3): 106-121,
(6): 178-186,
(7): 204-214
Dognin, 1911
Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud
Hét. nouv. Am. Sud 2
: 3-56
Dognin, 1923
Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud
Hét. nouv. Am. Sud 23
: 1-34
Druce, 1883
Descriptions of new species of Zygaenidae and Arctiidae
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1883
: 372-384, pl. 39-40
Druce, 1911
Descriptions of some new Species of Heterocera from Tropical South America, and Two new Species of Geometridae from West Africa
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 7 (39)
: 287-294
Dyar, 1914
Report on the lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Canal Zone
Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050)
: 139-350
Fabricius, 1787
Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus
Mantissa Insectorum 2
: 1-382
Fleming, 1957
The Ctenuchidae (Moths) of Trinidad, B.W.I., Part I: Euchromiinae
Zoologica N.Y. 42 (10)
: 105-130
Forster, 1949
Liste der von Pater Cornelius Vogl in Maracay und Caracas gesammelten Schmetterlinge. III. Syntomidae
Bol. Ent. venezol. 8 (1/2)
: 43-67
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1884; Godman & Salvin, 1884
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera
Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera1: 1-490,
3: pl. 1-101
Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes.
Icon. Règne anim. Cuvier 3 (Insectes)
: pl. 3-12 (1829),
: pl. 13-14,21-24 (1830),
: pl. 25-30,42-46,52-55,60,62,76,24-25,25bis,28bis (1831),
: pl. 77-92,99,84bis (1832),
: pl. 31,36-39,47-49,59,101,39bis (1833),
: pl. 32-35,50,61,64-66,49bis (1834),
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: pl. 100,102-104 (1836),
: pl. 1-2,41,63 (1837),
: 1-576 (1844)
Hampson, 1898
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 1: SyntomidaeCat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1
: i-xxi, 1-559, pl. 1-17
Hampson, 1914
Catalogue oof the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Volume 1
Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.)
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2: pl. 42 (f. 1-9)
Hernández-Baz & Grados, 2004
Lista de los Ctenuchinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) del Estado de Veracruz, México y algunas notas sobre su riqueza en el Continente Americano
Folia Ent. Mex. 43 (2)
: 203-213
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, 1818
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818
Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1
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: pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809),
: pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813),
: pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)
Klages, 1906
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: 531-552
[NACL93]; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010
Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
ZooKeys 40
: 1-239
Möschler, 1883
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam. V
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 32
: 303-362, pl. 17-18
Perty, 1834
Delectus animalium articulatorum que in itinere per Brasilian collegerunt Dr. J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius
Delectus Anim. art. Brasil
: 1-224, pl. 1-40
Schaus, 1889
Descriptions of new species of Mexican Heterocera
Ent. Amer. 5
: 87-90,
: 190-192
Schaus, 1924
New species of moths in the United States National Museum
Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 65 (2520)
: 1-74
Schmidt & Opler, 2008
Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the continental United States and Canada
Zootaxa 1677
: 1-23
Strand, 1917
Neue und wenig bekannte Nebenformen von Syntomididen
Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2)
: 79-86
Turrent & Pescador, 2013
La fauna de las tribus Euchormiini y Ctenuchini (Lepidoptera, familia Erebidae) de la región de Chajul Chiapas (Marques de Comillas)
Rev. Soc. Mex. Lep. (ns) 1 (1)
: 1-15
Walker, 1854; Walker, 1856
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.1: 1-278 (1854),
2: 279-581 (1854),
3: 583-775 (1855),
4: 777-976 (1855),
5: 977-1258 (1855),
6: 1259-1508 (1855),
7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Zerny, 1931
Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. VII. Teil. Lepidoptera III: Die Syntomiden des Staates Pará
Ann. Mus. Wien 45
: 225-263
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