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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Schmidt, B. Christian AND Freina, Josef J. De
 | author_abbreviated = Schmidt B AND Freina J
 | year = 2011
 | title = Generic placement of the Neotropical species of “ ''Phragmatobia''” (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 149
 | pages = 69--88
 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.149.2382
 | citationurl = http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/2382/citation/ 
 | url = http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/2382/abstract
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}					

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Lepidoptera
 | Familia = Erebidae
 | Genus = Phragmatobia
 | Specific name = 
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = 	
 | Taxon authority = Stephens, 1828
 | Taxon status = 
 | Wikispecies page name = Phragmatobia
 | Pensoft Profile = Phragmatobia
}}

==Type species==
''{{Taxon name|Phalaena fuliginosa}}'' Linnaeus, 1758 (by monotypy).

==Type locality==
<nowiki>[</nowiki>Europe<nowiki>]</nowiki>.<br />
''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia}}'' includes five species distributed in the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions (including one Holarctic species, ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia fuliginosa}}'' (L.)), with the Neotropical species and one Asian species here transferred to other genera. As suggested by Forbes (1960)<ref name="B2">{{aut|Forbes W}} (1960) The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. Part IV. Agaristidae through Nymphalidae, including butterflies. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir 371: 1-188.</ref >, ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia}}'' is probably most closely related to the Nearctic genus ''{{Taxon name|Pyrrharctia}}'' Packard; male genitalic and molecular characters strongly support these two as sister taxa (Schmidt 2007<ref name="B23">{{aut|Schmidt B}} (2007) Systematics of ''Grammia'' tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ph. D. thesis, Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta.</ref >). We examined all ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia}}'' species, i.e. ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia fuliginosa}}'' (Linnaeus, 1758), ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia amurensis}}'' Seitz, 1910, ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia placida}}'' (Frivaldszky, 1835), ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia lineata}}'' Newman & Donahue, 1966 and ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia assimilans}}'' Walker, 1855. Examination of the type material (BMNH) of ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia oberthueri}}'' Rothschild, 1910, described from Kuku-Noor, Tibet, revealed that it is a junior synonym of ''{{Taxon name|Lachana alpherakii}}'' (Grum-Grzhimailo, 1891) <nowiki>[</nowiki>{{Taxon name|Erebidae}}: {{Taxon name|Lymantriinae}}<nowiki>]</nowiki>, syn. n., comb. n., a group recently revised by Trofimova (2008)<ref name="B30">{{aut|Trofimova T}} (2008) Systematic notes on ''Dasorgyia'' Staudinger, 1881, ''Dicallomera'' Butler, 1881, and ''Lachana'' Moore, 1888 (Lymantriidae). Nota Lepid. 31: 273 – 291.</ref >. Two other species sometimes placed in ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia}}'' in the recent literature have been transferred to other genera, namely ''{{Taxon name|Orontobia coelestina}}'' Püngeler, 1904 (De Freina 1997<ref name="B3">{{aut|Freina J}} (1997) Nouvelles Arctiides de la faune palearctique asiatique (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Linneana Belgica 16: 49-60.</ref >) and ''{{Taxon name|Epatolmis luctifera}}'' (<nowiki>[</nowiki>Denis & Schiffermüller<nowiki>]</nowiki>, 1775) (Kôda 1988<ref name="B12">{{aut|Kôda N}} (1988) A generic classification of the subfamily Arctiinae of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions based on the male and female genitalia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Part II. Tyô to Ga 39: 1-79.</ref >). Watson and Goodger (1986)<ref name="B33">{{aut|Watson A}}, {{aut|Goodger D}} (1986) Catalogue of the Neotropical tiger moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1–71.</ref > placed eight Neotropical species in ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia}}'', three of which were transferred to other genera by Ferguson (1985)<ref name="B1">{{aut|Ferguson D}} (1985) Contributions toward reclassification of the world genera of the tribe Arctiini, Part 1: Introduction and a revision of the ''Neoarctia''-''Grammia'' group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiini). Entomography 3: 181-275.</ref >. ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia modesta}}'' Maassen, 1890 was recently moved to ''{{Taxon name|Amastus}}'' Walker <nowiki>[</nowiki>{{Taxon name|Arctiini}}: {{Taxon name|Phaegopterina}}<nowiki>]</nowiki> by Vincent and Laguerre (2010)<ref name="B32">{{aut|Vincent B}}, {{aut|Laguerre M}} (2010) Changements nomenclaturaux en vue de l’actualisation du catalogue des Arctiinae neotropicales (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 115: 175-184.</ref >, leaving four Neotropical species that are dealt with here.

==Diagnosis==
''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia}}'' is a fairly homogeneous group characterized by the following combination of characters: male antennae simple; wings fully developed in both sexes, forewing transverse lines diffuse or absent; wing colours varying from pinkish red to dark vinaceous red with darkbrown to blackish markings. Microtymbal of metepisternum well developed (''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia fuliginosa}}'') to obsolete (''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia assimilans}}''). Male genitalia with apical process of valve finger-like and ovoid in cross section; clasper spade-like, oriented transverse to longitudinal axis of valve, originating from inner surface of valve and directed mesad (divided into a ventral and costal lobe in ''{{Taxon name|Phragmatobia fuliginosa}}''); apex of aedeagus with spinose plates; paired, intersegmental coremata present between sternites 7–8. Females with ductus bursae heavily sclerotized, dorso-ventrally flattened, and nearly as wide as width of abdomen; corpus bursae globose, with two signa consisting of small flattened spicules; dorsal pheromone gland paired, each duct with 3–4 branches, the apices of which are rounded.					

==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Schmidt, B}}; {{aut|Freina, J}}; 2011: Generic placement of the Neotropical species of “ ''Phragmatobia''” (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes [http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''149''': 69-88. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.149.2382}}

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