title: Revision of the Genus Pseudaethria Schaus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae).
abstract: The genus Pseudaethria Schaus is revised and redescribed based on morphological characters of male and female adults. Its type species, Pseudaethria cessogae Schaus, was found out to be a junior subjective synonym of Heliura cosmosomodes Dognin. Therefore, the new combination Pseudaethria cosmosomodes is proposed along with another one: Pseudaethria analis Gaede new combination. A lectotype is designated to P. cessogae, which was described from an undetermined number of specimens. The distribution of the species is discussed as well as its systematic placement.
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia, Univ de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga, 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. lrpinheiro@gmail.com.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Museum für Naturkunde an der Humboldt-Univ, Leibniz Institut for Evolution and Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000145:classification*
keywords: Lectotype designation; Neotropical; new combination; new synonym; taxonomy