Cricula ceylonica

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: Cricula
Species: Cricula ceylonica

Name

Cricula ceylonica Jordan 1909

Type locality: Pundaloya, Sri Lanka.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. GP BMNH Sat. slide 538 ♂. (lectotype Cricula trifenestrata ceylonica designated by Nässig, 1989: 194)

Synonymy

• Cricula trifenestrata ceylonica Jordan, 1909 (original combination)
• Cricula ceylonica (Jordan): Nässig, 1989: 194 n. stat.

References

Additional references

• Nässig, W.A. 1989a: Systematisches Verzeichnis der Gattung Cricula Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae. Entomologische Zeitschrift 99(13): 181–192 and 99(14): 193-198.. full article (PDF). Reference page.