A new species of Amaxia Walker, very close to A. gnosia Schaus, is described from french Guyana. A DNA barcoding genetic analysis confirms the proposed separation and provides a phylogenetic tree of the species-group.
A new species of Amaxia Walker, very close to A. gnosia Schaus, is described from french Guyana. A DNA barcoding genetic analysis confirms the proposed separation and provides a phylogenetic tree of the species-group.
Laguerre, M. 2010. Contribution to the knowledge of neotropical Arctiinae. VI. Description of another new <i>Amaxia </i>Walker, 1855 from French Guyana close to <i>gnosia </i>Schaus, 1905 (Lep. Arctiidae, Arctiinae, Phaegopterini). <i>Lambillionea</i>, 110(1): 65-72.