Epia cuneifera

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: Bombycidae
Subfamilia: Epiinae
Genus: Epia
Species: Epia cuneifera

• Status:   invalid   see synonymy

Name

Epia cuneifera (Butler, 1878).

Type locality: [Brazil], [Amazonas], Ayrão, Rio Negro.

Types: BMNH, Male, 3.VII.1874, 77-93 Amazons

⧼Original Combination⧽

Anthocroca cuneifera Butler, 1878

Synonymy

• Anthocroca cuneifera Butler, 1878
• Epia muscosa (Butler, 1878)

Note: A. muscosa and A. cuneifera were described in the same article, the former based on a female, and the latter based on a male of the same species.

References

• Butler, A. G. 1878. On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by Dr. James W.H. Trail, during the years 1873 to 1875. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1878: 39-84. BHL Reference page.  page 79