Tepilia biluna
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Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Phiditiidae
Genus: Tepilia
Species: Tepilia biluna
Name[edit]
Tepilia biluna Walker, 1855
Type locality: Brazil.
Holotype: Female . OUMNH. Type LEP n° 646. ex Collection Saunders.
Notes:
- Walker's original description says male, but the corresponding type in Oxford is a female. This is not an isolated case with Walker, as similar cases are encountered many times.
- Synonymy T. biluna and P. confinis established in Schaus 1896.
Synonyms[edit]
- Phecada confinis Walker, 1856 (junior synonym)
- Tepilia confinis (Walker, 1856)
- Coryphyala orbigera Herrich-Schäffer, [1856] (junior synonym)
- Tepilia orbigera (Herrich-Schäffer, [1856])
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Walker, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 977–1257. BHL Reference page. page 1176
Additional references[edit]
- Schaus, W. 1927. Familie Lymantriidae. In: Seitz A. (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer 535–563. BHL Reference page.
- Schaus, W. 1896. On Walker's American types of Lepidoptera in the Oxford University Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 634-650. BHL Reference page.