Falsivalva nephophila

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Tineoidea 

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
Superfamilia: Tineoidea

Familia: Tineidae
Subfamilia: Tineinae
Genus: Falsivalva
Species: Falsivalva nephophila

Name edit

Falsivalva nephophila S.R. Davis & D.R. Davis, 2009

Type locality: Chile, Limari, Fray Jorgé National Park, ca. 70 km W Ovalle.

Holotype: USNM. male ♂. slide USNM 22199. 6.-9.XI.1981. D. & M. Davis.

References edit

  • Davis, S.R. & D.R. Davis, 2009: Neotropical Tineidae VIII. Falsivalva a new genus from Austral South America with extreme modification of the male postabdominal terga (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 111 (2): 378–392.