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Eudesmia Hübner, [1823]
Eudesmia Hübner, [1823]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [187], TS: Eudesmia ruficollis Donovan
= Cisthene Walker, 1854; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 243
Ruscino Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 563, TS: Phalaena menea Drury
= Cisthene Walker, 1854; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 243
Gerba Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 270, TS: Gerba quadrifasciata Walker
= Cisthene Walker, 1854; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 243
Ruscina ; Walker, [1865], List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 264 (missp.)
Gerba ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 126
Ruscino ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 126

Eudesmia prusias (Druce, 1894)
Mexico. See [About maps] Ruscino prusias Druce, 1894; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 13 : 176, TL: Mexico, Jalisco
Cisthene prusias ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 244

Eudesmia menea (Drury, 1782)
Mexico?, Guatemala?, Nicaragua?, Honduras?, Colombia?, Brazil. See [About maps] Phalaena menea Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3 : 4, pl. 3, f. 2, TL: Brazil
Ruscino arctifascia Butler, 1877; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 : 330, TL: Honduras
= ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 244
Eudesmia menea, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Eudesmia menea, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Ruscino arctifascia ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 127
Ruscino menea ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 127
Cisthene menea ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 244, f. 160

Eudesmia laetifera (Walker, [1865])
Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia. See [About maps] Ruscina[sic] laetifera Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 264, TL: Mexico, Orizaba
= Cisthene menea ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 244
Ruscino latifasciatus Butler, 1875; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 15 (89) : 341, TL: Colombia, Veragua
= Cisthene menea ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 244
= ; [NACL]
Ruscino latifasciata ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 127, 3: pl. 12, f. 24
Ruscino laetifera ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 127
Eudesmia laetifera ; [NACL, #8097]

Eudesmia cynossema (Druce, 1894)
Mexico, Guatemala. See [About maps] Ruscino cynossema Druce, 1894; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 13 : 176, TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Cisthene cynossema ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 245

Eudesmia quadrifasciata (Walker, [1865])
Mexico. See [About maps] Gerba quadrifasciata Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 270, TL: Oajaca, Mexico
Gerba quadrifasciata ; Godman & Salvin, 1885, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 126
Cisthene quadrifasciata ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 245, pl. 24, f. 23

Eudesmia praxis (Druce, 1894)
Mexico. See [About maps] Ruscino praxis Druce, 1894; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 13 : 176, TL: Mexico, Durango
Cisthene praxis ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 245

Eudesmia cypris (Druce, 1894)
Mexico, Guatemala. See [About maps] Ruscino cypris Druce, 1894; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 13 : 176, TL: Mexico, Jalisco
Cisthene cypris ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 246

Eudesmia ruficollis Donovan, 1798
Brazil. See [About maps] Eudesmia ruficollis Donovan, 1798; Insects of China: pl. [41], TL: China [error], S.America?
?Eudesmia ruficollis Hübner, 1824; Samml. Ex. Schmett. 2: ?
Cisthene ruficollis ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 246

Eudesmia arida (Skinner, 1906)
Arizona. See [About maps] Ruscino arida Skinner, 1906; Ent. News 17 (3) : 95
Eudesmia arida, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Eudesmia arida, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Eudesmia arida, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Eudesmia arida ; [NACL, #8096]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[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
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico


Some related literature:
Butler, 1875
Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera from Central America Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 15 (89) : 338-342
Butler, 1877
On the Lepidoptera of the family Lithosiidae, in the collection of British Museum Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 : 325-377, pl. 8
Druce, 1894
Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from Central America Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 13 : 168-182
Drury, 1782
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3 : 1-76, pl. 1-50
Godman & Salvin, 1885
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Hampson, 1900
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : i-xx, 1-589, pl. 18-35
Hübner, [1823]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)
Skinner, 1906
New butterflies and moths with notes on some species Ent. News 17 (3) : 95-96
Walker, 1854
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: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Walker, [1865]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)


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