Ephoria

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: Ephoria
Species: E. basifulva – E. dora – E. ephora – E. hoppi – E. lineosa – E. lybia – E. marginalis – E. mendozata – E. nubilosa – E. thea – E. uzita – E. yanisi

Name

Ephoria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Type species: Phalaena ephora Stoll, [1781] (page 110, pl. 347). In: Cramer by monotypy

Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated: The only species that Herrich-Schäffer included in Ephoria was listed by him as Ephoria m.paradoxa Cr. 347. D. (ephora)'. The name paradoxa was proposed unnecessarily by Herrich-Schäffer as an objective replacement name.

Synonyms

• Colabata Walker, 1856
  • Type species: Colabata lineosa Francis Walker, 1856 by monotypy

See Herbin & Mielke, 2018: The generic name Ephoria was published in Herrich-Schäffer’s Synopsis familiarum Lepidopterorum, which was published twice, first in the Syst. Bearbeitung Schmett. Eur. 6: 82-132 (specifically page 91) on [31].XII.1855, and second in the “Synopsis” of the same, which was included in the Samml. neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereur. Schmett. 1: 2-52 (specifically page 11) on [IX.1856]. The name Colabata was published in Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects in Col. Br. Mus. 7: 1736, which was available for issue on 10 May 1856 (Nye 1975: 6). Therefore, Ephoria has precedence over Colabata.

Primary references

• Stoll, C. 1780–1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29–90, pls 305–336; [1781]: 91–164, pls 337–372; [1782]: 165–252, pls 373–400; Suppl [1787]: 1–42, pls 1–8; [1790]: 43–184, pls 9–42. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Herbin, D. 2017. Description de nouveaux Hétérocères néotropicaux (Lepidoptera Apatelodidae). Antenor [[1]] 4(2): 114–134. Reference page. 
• 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.