Menevia plagiata

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: Meneviinae
Genus: Menevia
Species: Menevia plagiata

Name

Menevia plagiata (Walker, 1855)

Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Teresópolis.

Neotype: NHMUK. male ♂. 13–22.III.1958, H.B.D. Kettlewell, B.M. 1958–273/ NEOTYPE male Mimallo plagiata designated by St Laurent and Dombroskie 2016/ BMNH(E) 1378747/ St. Laurent diss.: 9215:1

Synonyms

Mimallo plagiata Walker, 1855 (original combination)
Menevia plagiata (Walker, 1855) in Schaus (1928)
Perophora plagiata (Walker, 1855) in Raymundo (1919) and Monte (1934)

References

Primary references

Walker, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1259–1507. BHL Reference page. p.1341

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.
Herbin, D. & Mielke, C.G.C. 2014. Preliminary list of Mimallonidae from Feira Nova do Maranhão, Maranhão, northern Brazil with descriptions of some new species (Lepidoptera Heterocera Mimallonoidea). Antenor [[1]] 1(2): 130–152. Reference page.
St Laurent, R.A. & Dombroskie, J. 2016. Revision of the genus Menevia Schaus, 1928 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) with the description of 11 new species. ZooKeys 566: 31-116. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.566.6982.Reference page.