Psychocampa batesii

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota 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
Subfamily: Cicinninae
Tribus: Psychocampini
Genus: Psychocampa
Species: Psychocampa batesii

Name

Psychocampa batesii (Newman, 1854)

Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, near Santarem.

Holotype: Several syntypes male and female in NHMUK and OUM. Types LEPI 4073a,b,c,d OUM, type BMNH(E)#805423 in NHMUK. ex pupa.

Synonyms

• Perophora batesii Newman, 1854 (original combination)
• Bedosia batesii (Newman, 1854) in Schaus (1928)
• Psychocampa batesii (Newman,1854) n. comb. in St Laurent & Kawahara (2019)

References

Primary references

• Newman, E. 1854. Notice of a Sackbearing Bombyx, found by Mr. Bates near Santarem, in the Amazons. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2) 3:1-8. BHL. Reference page.  p.1-8

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. 
• St Laurent, R.A. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2019. Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae). Zookeys, 815: 1–114. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.815.27335 Reference page.