Tapuia penitente

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: Tapuia
Species: Tapuia penitente

Name

Tapuia penitente (Herbin & Mielke, 2018)

Type locality: Brazil, Maranhão, Feira Nova do Maranhão, Retiro, 07°00’31”S, 46°26’41”W, 480m.

Holotype: DZUP. male ♂. 12-14.XI.2012, C. Mielke leg. /DZ 32.840/genitalia prep. D. Herbin ref H. 1017, Bc-Her4971. GenBank accession number: KY682760.

Synonyms

• Apatelodes penitente Herbin & Mielke, 2018 (Original combination)
• Tapuia penitente; Orlandin, Piovesan & Carneiro, 2024

References

Primary references

• Herbin, D. & Mielke, C.G.C. 2018. Preliminary list of Apatelodidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Bombycoidea) from the Northern Brazilian state of Maranhão with description of nine new species. The European Entomologist 9(3): 105–140. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Orlandin E., Piovesan & Carneiro, E. 2024. Systematics of Apatelodidae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) based on molecular and morphological data . Invertebrate systematics 38: 1-43. DOI: 10.1071/IS24041 Reference page.