Geina sheppardi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea

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 Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Pterophorinae
Tribus: Oxyptilini
Genus: Geina
Species: Geina sheppardi

Name

Geina sheppardi B. Landry, 1989

Type locality: Canada, Ontario, near Kingsville (Essex County).

Holotype: CNC. male ♂. 15.VI.1937. legit G.S. Walley. CNC No. 20226.

References

Primary references

• Landry, B. 1989. Geina sheppardi, a new species of grape-feeding Platyptiliinae: (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from eastern North America, with notes on related species. The Canadian Entomologist 121(9): 763–770. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gielis, C., 2003: Pterophoridae & Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects, 4: 1–198. Reference page.