Zadadra distorta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

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: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Zadadra
Species: Zadadra distorta

Name

Zadadra distorta (Moore, 1872)

Type locality: Sikkim [NE India]

Lectotype: OUMNH. male ♂. genitalia slide No.: 2019-1732. (lectotype Lithosia distorta designated by Dubatolov et al., 2021: 528)

Synonymy

• Lithosia distorta Moore, 1872: 572 (original combination)
• Zadadra distorta (Moore):
• Zadadra neodistorta Joshi, Kirti & Singh, 2015 (synonymized by Dubatolov et al., 2021: 528)
  • Type locality: India, Nagaland, Tuenseng, 1600 m.
    • Holotype: PUP. male ♂. 05.V.2009. registration number: PUP/RJ-143a, genitalia slide No.: PUP/R-143a

References

Primary references

• Moore, F., 1872. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872: 555-583, pls 32-34. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dubatolov, V.V., Volynkin, A.V., Singh, N., Joshi, R. & Černý, K. 2021. On the taxonomy of the Prabhasa / Zadadra generic complex with descriptions of two new genera and two new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa 4966(5): 519–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.2. . Reference page. 
• Joshi, R., Kirti, J.S. & Singh, N., 2015: Two new species of genus Zadadra Moore (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India. Florida Entomologist 98(2): 536–540. full article (pdf). Reference page.