Apatelodes diffidens

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 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: Bombycoidea

Familia: Apatelodidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species: Apatelodes diffidens

• Status:   invalid   as junior synonym

Name

Apatelodes diffidens Edwards, 1887

Type locality: Mexico, [VeraCruz], Jalapa.

Holotype: Male and Female Syntypes n° 9311 AMNH.

Synonyms

Apatelodes adrastia Druce, 1887 (as per Draudt, 1929; Becker, 1996; Kitching et al., 2018)

References

• Draudt, M.W.K. 1929. Bombycidae. In Seitz, Die Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 6: p. 693–709, Pl. 140–142. Reference page. 

Primary references

• Edwards, H. 1887. Apparently new species of Mexican Heterocera. Entomologica Americana 3(5): 89-92. BHL. Reference page.