Aphilopota tyttha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

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: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Genus: Aphilopota
Species: Aphilopota tyttha

Name

Aphilopota tyttha (Prout, 1915)

Type locality: Eritrea, Caraiai.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 21.XI.1905. legit N. Beccari. Geometridae genitalia slide No. 4976. NHMUK010920109. DNA barcode sample ID BC ZSM Lep 106645. DNA barcode process ID GWOTZ396-19. BIN BOLD:AAW8833 [579 bp].

Synonymy

• Nychiodes tyttha Prout, 1915: (original combination)
• Aphilopota tyttha (Prout): Wanke et al., 2023: 5

References

Additional references

• Wanke, D., Hausmann, A., Lees, D.C., Lee, K.M., Martin, G., Sihvonen, P., Staude, H.S. & Rajaei, H. 2023. The African endemic species “Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) belongs to the genus Aphilopota Warren, 1899. Nota Lepidopterologica 46: 1–17. DOI: 10.3897/nl.46.94940. . Reference page. 1–17