Apatelodes bombycina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

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 Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species: Apatelodes bombycina

• Status:   invalid   see Synonyms

Name

Apatelodes bombycina (C.Felder, 1874)

Type locality: Mexico.

Holotype: Syntypes male and female . Not found.

Synonyms

• Parathyris bombycina Felder, 1874 (original combination)
• Apatelodes martia (Stoll, [1780]) senior synonym (as per Draudt 1929, Becker 1996, Kitching et al., 2018)
• Phalaena martia Stoll, [1780] senior synonym (as per Draudt 1929, Becker 1996, Kitching et al., 2018)
• Phalaena nina Stoll, [1780] selected as valid name vs Phalaena martia see Herbin 2015.
• Apatelodes nina (Stoll, [1780])

References

• Draudt, M.W.K. 1929. Bombycidae. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 6: p. 693–709, Pl. 140–142. Reference page. 
• Becker, V.O. 1996: Apatelodidae, Bombycidae & Mimallonidae pp. 13-19, in Heppner JB (Ed.): Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4B. Drepanioidea-Bombycoidea-Sphingoidea. Association of Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers. Gainesville, Florida. Reference page. 
• Kitching, I.J., Rougerie, R., Zwick, A., Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Naumann, S., Mejia, L.B. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. Reference page. 
• Herbin, D. 2015. Description de nouvelles espèces d’Hétérocères de Guyane française avec notes taxinomiques (Lepidoptera Mimallonidae et Apatelodidae). Antenor 2(1): 81–105. Reference page. 

Primary references

• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.  plate 95.