Aethiopsestis mufindiae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Drepanoidea

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 Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Drepanoidea

Familia: Drepanidae
Subfamilia: Thyatirinae
Tribus: Polyplocini
Genus: Aethiopsestis
Species: Aethiopsestis mufindiae

Name

Aethiopsestis mufindiae Watson, 1965: 371

Type locality: Mufindi, Tanganyika.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit P. Burdon. Thyatiridae genitalia slide No. 40. QR code label with unique id. NHMUK 014173155.

References

Primary references

• Watson, A. 1965. Aethiopsestis gen. nov. (Lepidoptera), first record of Thyatiridae from the Ethiopian Region. Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 27(2): 257–266. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Laszlo, G.M. 2022a. Review of the Afrotropical Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) with description of a new genus and a new species. Zootaxa 5124(3): 359–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.3.5. . Reference page.