Automeris silkae

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: Saturniidae
Subfamilie: Hemileucinae
Genus: Automeris
Species: Automeris silkae

Name

Automeris silkae Brechlin & Meister, 2011

Type locality: Costa Rica, Prov. Limón, Cordillera de Calamanca, Mt. Kamuk, 1430 m., ca. 9.30ºN, 83.40ºW.

Holotype: MWM. male ♂. VI.2008. leg. Ronald Brechlin.

References

• Brechlin, R. & F. Meister, 2011: New species of the genus Automeris Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 4 (1): 5–89.