Copaxa (Copaxa) escalantei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Copaxa
Subgenus: Copaxa (Copaxa)
Species: Copaxa (Copaxa) escalantei

Name

Copaxa (Copaxa) escalantei Lemaire, 1971

Type locality: Mexico, Puebla, San Juan Apulco.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. genitalia slide C. Lemaire no. 2298. VI.1960. leg. T. Escalante.

• Status:   invalid   CURRENT STATUS Copaxa escalantei

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. 1971. Descriptions d'Attacidae (Saturniidae) nouveaux d'Amerique Centrale et du Sud (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie 114: 141–162. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brechlin, R. & F. Meister, 2012: Zwölf neue taxa der gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5 (2): 5–25.

Photos

• Silkmoths: males, female: [1]
• Silkmoths: male, female and larva: [2]