Copaxa kitchingi

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
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Copaxa
Species: Copaxa kitchingi

Name

Copaxa kitchingi Brechlin & Meister, 2010

Type locality: NW Peru, Dep. Piura, Abra Porculla [Porcuya], ca. 1000-1500 m.

Holotype: MWM. male ♂. XII.2000-I.2001. leg. local people. BC-FMP 0127.

References

• Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2010n: Notes on the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 with descriptions of eighteen new taxa (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3(3): 27–55. Reference page. 
• Brechlin, R. & F. Meister, 2012: Zwölf neue taxa der gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5 (2): 5–25.