Menevia plagiata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mimallonoidea

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 Superfamilia: Mimallonoidea

Familia: Mimallonidae
Subfamilia: Meneviinae
Genus: Menevia
Species: Menevia plagiata

Name

Menevia plagiata (Walker, 1855)

Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Ja­neiro, Teresópolis.

Neotype: NHMUK. male ♂. 13–22.III.1958, H.B.D. Kettlewell, B.M. 1958–273/ NEOTYPE male Mimallo plagiata designated by St Laurent and Dombroskie 2016/ BMNH(E) 1378747/ St. Laurent diss.: 9­2­15:1

Synonyms

• Mimallo plagiata Walker, 1855 (original combination)
• Menevia plagiata (Walker, 1855) in Schaus (1928)
• Perophora plagiata (Walker, 1855) in Raymundo (1919) and Monte (1934)

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1259–1507. BHL Reference page.  p.1341

Additional references

• Schaus, W., 1928. Familie Mimallonidae. In: Seitz A (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer: 635-672. BHL Reference page. 
• Herbin, D. & Mielke, C.G.C. 2014. Preliminary list of Mimallonidae from Feira Nova do Maranhão, Maranhão, northern Brazil with descriptions of some new species (Lepidoptera Heterocera Mimallonoidea). Antenor [[1]] 1(2): 130–152. Reference page. 
• St Laurent, R.A. & Dombroskie, J. 2016. Revision of the genus Menevia Schaus, 1928 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) with the description of 11 new species. ZooKeys 566: 31-116. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.566.6982.Reference page.