Aepytus biedermanni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hepialoidea

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: Exoporia Superfamilia: Hepialoidea

Familia: Hepialidae
Genus: Aepytus
Species: Aepytus biedermanni

Name

Aepytus biedermanni (Viette, 1950)

Type locality: Brazil, South Minas Geraes (Gerais), Caraça.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. GP Viette no. 1365. 1884. leg. P. Germain.

Synonyms

• Schaefferiana biedermanni Viette, 1950 (original combination)
• Aepytus biedermanni (Viette): Viette 1951: 96.
• Aepytus (Aepytus) biedermanni (Viette): Nielsen & G.S. Robinson 1983: 19.
• Cibyra ((Aepytus) biedermanni (Viette): E.S. Nielsen et al. 2000: 842.
• Aepytus biedermanni (Viette): Mielke & Grehan 2012: 133. comb. rev.

References

Primary references

• Mielke, C.G.C. & Grehan, J.R. 2012. Catalogue of the Latin American Hepialidae with taxonomic remarks (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (n.f.) 32(3–4): 131–158. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mielke, C.G.C. & Grehan, J.R. 2015. Revision of the genus Aepytus Herrich-Schäffer, [1856] (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) with description of two new species from Brazil. The European Entomologist 7(3): 65–90. PDF. Reference page.