Druceiella metellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hepialoidea

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: Exoporia Superfamilia: Hepialoidea

Familia: Hepialidae
Genus: Druceiella
Species: Druceiella metellus

Name

Druceiella metellus (Druce, 1890)

Type locality: Ecuador, Sarayacu.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Hepialus metellus Druce, 1890 (original combination)
• Dalaca basirubra Schaus, 1901 (synonymized by Grehan & Rawlins, 2018: 180)

References

• Grehan, J.R. & Rawlins, J.E. 2018. Taxonomic Revision and Vicariance Biogeography of the Central and South American Ghost Moth Genus Druceiella (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 85(2): 165–192. Reference page. 
• Nielsen, E.S. ; G.S. Robinson & D.L. Wagner, 2000: Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34 (6): 823–878.