Brachinepticula melania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nepticuloidea

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: Nepticulina Superfamilia: Nepticuloidea

Familia: Nepticulidae
Genus: Brachinepticula
Species: Brachinepticula melania

Name

Brachinepticula melania Remeikis, Mey & Stonis in Stonis et al., 2023: 329

Type locality: Colombia, Cundinamarca, Parque Ecológico Matarredonda, Páramo de Cruz Verde, 04°32.937'N, 074°00.0022'W, 3300–3486 m.

Holotype: MfN later in ICN. male ♂. 11.XI.2016. legit Wolfram Mey. genitalia slide no. RA1100.

References

Primary references

• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Dobrynina, V. & Mey, W. 2023. Collecting in the Northern Andean Páramo revealed purple iridescent pygmy moths of the little known Andean endemic Brachinepticula (Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 5227(3): 328–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.3.2. . Reference page.