Lycomorpha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Cisthenina
Genus: Lycomorpha
Species: L. desertus – L. drucei – L. fulgens – L. grotei – L. nigridorsata – L. pholus – L. regulus – L. splendens – L. strigifera

Name

Lycomorpha Harris, 1839: 317

Type species: Sphinx pholus Drury, 1773

Synonyms

• Prepodes Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]: 100 (preoccupied Prepodes Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera) see Watson, Fletcher & Nye: 107); = Lycomorpha: Fletcher, Watson & Nye, 1980.
  • Type species: Sphinx pholus Drury, 1773
• Anatolmis Packard, 1964: 45; = Lycomorpha: Bendid & Minet, 1999: 254.
  • Type species: Anatolmis grotei Packard, 1864.

References

Primary references

• Harris, T.W. 1839. Descriptive catalogue of the North American insects belonging to the Linnean genus Sphinx in the cabinet of Thaddeus William Harris. The American Journal of Science and Arts 36 (2): 282-320 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Watson, A., Fletcher, D.S. & Nye, I.W.B. 1980. The Generic names of moths of the world. Vol. 2, Noctuoidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London; 228 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Bendib, A. & Minet, J. 1999. Lithosiine main lineages and their possible interrelationships. I. - Definition of new or resurrected tribes (Lepidoptera : Arctiidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 35(3): 241-263. Gallica Reference page. 
• Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 . ResearchGate Reference page.