Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian amazon. III - subtribe ctenuchina kirby, 1837

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The Ctenuchina moths comprise 874 New World species. Here we provide a list of Ctenuchina species from the Brazilian Amazon. The list was produced from specimens deposited in the most important Brazilian collections and from literature data. Nearly 31% (273) of the New World Ctenuchina species were recorded, including 28 new occurrences for the Brazilian Amazon. Santarém and Belém were the municipalities with the highest number of species records, with 139 and 88, respectively. The high number of Ctenuchina records in the Amazon is underestimated because this subtribe has never been sampled in the vast majority of the biome. This is a worrying scenario because the Amazon has the world highest absolute rate of forest reduction. To suggest efficient conservation policies for the Arctiinae fauna of Amazon, it is urgent to intensify the sampling effort in this biome.

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Teston, J. A., De Abreu, D. S., & Ferro, V. G. (2019). Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Brazilian amazon. III - subtribe ctenuchina kirby, 1837. Biota Neotropica, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2018-0673

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