Telchin

Telchin licus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

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 Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Castniidae
Subfamilia: Castniinae
Tribus: Castniini
Genus: Telchin
Species: T. ambatensis – T. atymnius – T. cacica – T. diva – T. evalthe – T. gramivora – T. hodeei – T. hubneri – T. licus – T. papilionaris – T. syphax

Name

Telchin Hübner, 1825

• Type species: Papilio licus Drury, 1773

Synonyms

• Castnia Illiger, 1807, suppr.
• Grava Buchecker, 1880, preocc. (Bonaparte, 1856)
• Castnia (Leucocastnia) Houlbert, 1918
• Amauta Houlbert, 1918 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]
• Xanthocastnia Houlbert, 1918 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]
• Frostetola Oiticica, 1955 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]
• Divana J.Y.Miller, 1982 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]

References

• Lamas, G., 1995, Revista Peruana de Entomologia 37: 73–87. [1]
• Moraes, Simeão S. & Marcelo Duarte, 2009: Comparative external morphology of the three species of the Telchin licus (Drury) complex (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) with a synonymy. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 53 (2): 245–265. [2].
• Ríos, S.D.; González, J.M. 2011: A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Paraguay. Zootaxa, 3055: 43–61. Preview.