Macessoga laxa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mimallonoidea

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 Superfamilia: Mimallonoidea

Familia: Mimallonidae
Subfamilia: Mimalloninae
Genus: Macessoga
Species: Macessoga laxa

Name

Macessoga laxa (Dognin, 1912)

Type locality: Argentina, Misiones, Haut Parana, San Ignacio.

Holotype: USNM. Male. Type N°. 29704 U.S.N.M. ex coll. Wagner, in coll. Dognin.

Note: Original description addresses two syntypes.

Synonyms

• Cicinnus laxa Dognin, 1912 (original combination)
• Druentia laxa (Dognin, 1912) in Schuas (1928)
• Druentica laxa (Dognin, 1912) in Becker (1996)
• Macessoga laxa (Dognin, 1912) n.comb. in St Laurent, Hamilton & Kawahara (2018)
• Macessoga lucero Piñas, 2004 nomen nudum

References

Primary references

• Dognin, P. 1912: Hétérocères nouveaux de l’Amérique du Sud. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 19: 121–177. BHL. Reference page.  p. 173

Additional references

• Schaus, W., 1928. Familie Mimallonidae. In: Seitz A (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer: 635-672. BHL Reference page. 
• Becker, V.O. 1996: Apatelodidae, Bombycidae & Mimallonidae pp. 13-19, in Heppner JB (Ed.): Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4B. Drepanioidea-Bombycoidea-Sphingoidea. Association of Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers. Gainesville, Florida. Reference page. 
• St Laurent, R.A., Hamilton, C.A. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Museum specimens provide phylogenomic data to resolve relationships of sack‐bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae). Systematic Entomology 43(4): 729–761. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12301 Reference page.