Polyptychus trisecta

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: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Polyptychus
Species: Polyptychus trisecta

Name

Polyptychus trisecta (Aurivillius, 1901)

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo], Congogebiet, Zongo Mokoanghay.

Lectotype: RBINS. male ♂. legit Tilkens. (lectotype Ambulyx trisecta designated by W. Rothschild & K. Jordan, 1903)

Synonymy

• Ambulyx trisecta Aurivillius, 1901 (original combination)
• Polyptychus trisecta (Aurivillius, 1901): Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 243

References

Primary references

• Aurivillius, C., 1901. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. 6. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 22: 113–128, figs 19-31. BHL. Reference page.