Mecothrix iridescens

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: Nolidae
Subfamilia: Nolinae
Tribus: Nolini
Genus: Mecothrix
Species: Mecothrix iridescens

Name

Mecothrix iridescens (van Son, 1933)

Type locality: South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Province, Stellenbosch.

Holotype: SAM. male ♂. 15.III.1921. leg. C.K. Brain.

Synonyms

• Celama iridescens van Son, 1933 (original combination)
• Nola (Mecothrix) iridescens (van Son): Hacker, 2012
• Mecothrix iridescens (van Son):

References

• Hacker, H.H., Schreier, H.P. & Goater, B. 2012. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 17: 1–614. Abstract (PDF). Reference page. 
• van Son, G., 1933: A revision of South African moths of the tribe Nolini. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 16 (2): 181–232.