Arctiid valid name?

[jbwalsh at email.arizona.edu]

Quoting Laura <loeches at fbio.uh.cu>:

> Hello community,
>
> How can I know if certain arctiid name is a valid species and who 
> described it?
>
> I'm looking for Phoenicoprocta biseriatum, that seems to be 
> incorrectly spelled as "biceriatum" by Janzen. I search for these 
> names in The Global Lepidoptera Names Index but there is no record 
> with these names. Where else I can search?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Laura R-Loeches


Hi Laura:

Did you check in Watson's catalogue of neotropical Arctiids?



 
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