Ammalo helops (Cramer, [1776]) Phalaena helops Cramer, [1776]: 113. Ammalo fervidus Walker, 1855a: 622. — Type locality: [Colombia], [Cundinamarca], [Bogotá]. — Type specimens: Described from 3 syntypes (BMNH; one male syntype labeled TYPE). Halesidota megapyrrha Walker, [1865] a: 308. — Type locality: North America. — Type specimens: Described from 3 female syntypes (BMNH; one male specimen (!) without locality labeled TYPE [on the left of the specimen]). Halesidota chrysogaster Walker, [1865] a: 312. — Type locality: [Colombia], [Cundinamarca], Bogotá. — Type specimen: Holotype male (BMNH). Ammalo impunctus Grote, [1866]: 236. — Type locality: Cuba. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of syntypes (ANSP; not found). TYPE LOCALITY. — Suriname. TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of syntypes (?).

Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 261, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344