Prepiella

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: Prepiella
Species: P. aurea – P. auroides – P. convergens – P. deicoluria – P. hippona – P. miniola – P. pexicera – P. phoenicolopha – P. procridia – P. radicans – P. sesapina – P. strigivenia

Name

Prepiella Schaus, 1899: 215

Type species: Prepiella pexicera Schaus, 1899

Synonyms

• Prepiella Hampson, 1900 (preocc. Prepiella Schaus, 1899)
  • Type species: Odozana hippona Druce, 1885.

Note: The name Prepiella probably originated from Hampson but was used and made nomenclaturally available by Schaus prior to its proposal by Hampson, 1900, as the name for a new genus (Watson, Fletcher & Nye, 1980)

References

Primary references

• Schaus, W. 1899. New Species of Lithosiidæ from Tropical America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7: 214–217. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume II: Artiadae: Nolinae & Lithosianae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xx + 589 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.