Eosia insignis

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: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus Urotini
Genus: Eosia
Species: Eosia insignis

Name

Eosia insignis Le Cerf, 1911

Type locality: Afrique orientale anglaise [Kenya], Rendilé.

Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. 29.III.1905. legit M. Rothschild.

Synonyms

• Ludia crenulata Fawcett, 1915 (original combination) synonymized by Le Cerf, 1922: 459
  • Type locality: British East Africa [Kenya], Kedai.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 04.XII.1911. leg. W. Feather
• Eosia crenulata (Fawcett, 1915)

References

Primary references

• Le Cerf, F. 1911a. Collections recueillies en Afrique orientale par le Baron Maurice de Rothschild (Lépidoptères) en 1905. Lépidoptères hétérocères. (Saturnidae.). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris 17: 307–309. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bouyer, T., 2008b: Description de nouveaux Saturniidae africains (II) (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 13 (2): 53–59. Reference page. 
• Fawcett, J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1915(1): 91-113 full article (BHL). Reference page.