Etainia thoraceleuca

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: Ectoedemia
Subgenus: Ectoedemia (Etainia)
Species: Etainia thoraceleuca

Name

Etainia thoraceleuca van Nieukerken, Epstein & Davis in Van Nieukerken et al., 2024: 199

Type locality: United States, Arizona, Cochise County, Huachuca Mts., Miller Canyon; 31.4248, −110.26; 5,200’ [1585 m]

Holotype: USNM. male ♂. 19.III.1987. legit R. S. Wielgus. Genitalia slide EvN4950. USNM01850751.

References

Primary references

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Davis, D.R., Swain, S.V. & Epstein, M.E. 2024. A new North American species of Etainia (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), feeding on Arbutus and Arctostaphylos species (Ericaceae). ZooKeys 1193: 195–218. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.116982 Reference page.