Apatelodes vitrea

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: Apatelodidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species: Apatelodes vitrea

• Status:   invalid   see synonyms

Name

Apatelodes vitrea Schaus, 1910

Type locality: Costa Rica. Tuis.

Holotype: Male type n° 16937 USNM. September.

Synonyms

Apatelodes ardeola Druce, 1887 Crastolliana ardeola (Druce, 1887)

Note: A. vitrea based on a male is the same species than A. ardeola described on a female. Synonymized by Herbin, Grados & Giusti (2024) and transferred to new genus Crastolliana.

References

Primary references

• Schaus, W., 1910. New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(6): 402-422. BHL. Reference page. 

⧼Additional References⧽

• Draudt, M.W.K. 1929. Bombycidae. In Seitz, Die Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 6: p. 693–709, Pl. 140–142. Reference page. 
• Herbin, D., Grados, J. & Giusti, A. 2024. Diversity in Lepidoptera: a case of cryptic species, with description of a new genus and thirteen new species of Apatelodidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea). The European Entomologist 16(1-2): 105–151. Reference page.