Eichlinia gloriosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

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 Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Sesiidae
Subfamilia: Sesiinae
Tribus: Melittiini
Genus: Eichlinia
Species: Eichlinia gloriosa

Name

Eichlinia gloriosa (Edwards, 1880)

Type locality: USA: California, Alamedo County, San Leonardo.

Holotype: AMNH. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Melittia gloriosa Edwards, 1880: 71 (original combination)
• Eichlinia gloriosa (Edwards): Gorbunov, 2020: 281
• Melittia superba (Barnes & Lindsey) Barnes & Lindsey, 1922: 122 (preoccupied by Melittia superba Rothschild, 1909)
  • Type locality: USA: Kansas, Seward County.
    • Holotype: USNM. male ♂.
• Melittia lindseyi Barnes & Benjamin, 1925: 14 (Replacement name for Melittia superba Barnes et Lindsey, 1922.)
• Melittia Barnesi Dalla Torre in Dalla Torre, Strand, 1925: 138. (Replacement name for Melittia superba Barnes et Lindsey, 1922)

References

Primary references

• Edwards, H. 1880. Descriptions of some new forms of Aegeriidae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 3(8): 71-72. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gorbunov, O.G. 2020c. Establishment of Eichlinia gen.n. for the Western hemisphere Melittiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), with a catalog of the genus. Russian Entomological Journal 29(3): 276–284. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.29.3.06. . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: the glorious squash vine bore; manroot borer