| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Arctiini (tribe)/ Utetheisina (subtribe)/ Atasca (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Utetheisa |
| Authorship: | Swinhoe, 1892 |
| Citation: | Genus Atasca. Gen. Nov. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena pellex Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 510. By subsequent designation by Roepke, 1949. Transactions of the Royal entomologiscal Society of London 100: 47. |
| Publication: | Swinhoe C. 1892b. Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum. Part 1. Sphinges and Bombyces. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 1 |
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| Pagination: | 139 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11077441 |