Meroleuca

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
Subfamilie: Hemileucinae
Genus: Meroleuca
Subgenera: M. (Dihirpa) – M. (Meroleuca) – M. (Meroleucoides)

Overview of species

M. achupasiana – M. amarillae – M. arianae – M. bipectinata – M. bipunctata – M. bravera – M. calabaziana – M. carpishiana – M. catamarcensis – M. chrisbrechlinae – M. corralesi – M. dargei – M. decaensi – M. diazmaurini – M. edithae – M. fassli – M. kaechi – M. lituroides – M. microstyx – M. modesta – M. mossi – M. nadiana – M. nievasiana – M. nigra – M. penai – M. raineri – M. ramicosa – M. rectilineata – M. riveti – M. rubrocalabaziana – M. sangayana – M. saragurensis – M. sinuata – M. venosa – M. verae – M. viksinayevi – M. winbrechlini – M. zamorana – M. zunacensis

Name

Meroleuca Packard, 1904

Type species: Hemileuca venosa Walker, 1855

Synonyms

Mesoleuca Packard, 1903 (preoccupied by Mesoleuca Hübner, [1825] 1816)
Meroleuca Packard, 1904 (replacement name for Mesoleuca Packard, 1903)

References

Brechlin, R. 2018e. Zwei neue Arten der Untergattung Dihirpa DRAUDT, 1929 der Gattung Meroleuca PAcKARD, 1904 aus Kolumbien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 11(1): 93-97. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2021k. Zwei neue Arten der Gattang Meroleuca Packard, 1904 aus Kolombien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 14(3): 20-23. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2023b: Eine neue Art der Untergattung Meroleucoides Michener, 1949 der Gattung Meroleuca Packard ,l9A4 aus Kolumbien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 16(1): 28-30. Reference page.
Brechlin, R., Käch, H. & Meister, F. 2013i. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Rachesa Michener, 1949 aus Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 6(3): 78–82. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister 2008d. New saturniids of the genus Meroleuca Packard, 1904 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 1(1): 27–29. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & F. Meister, 2011: Seven new species of the genus Meroleuca Packard, 1904 from Peru (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 4 (4): 40–47.
Decaëns, T., Bonilla, D. & Ramirez, L.D. 2004. Meroleuca (Meroleucoides) diazmaurini, a new Saturniidae from Central Colombia: (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae). Galathea 15(Supplement): 47–53. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lemaire, C., 1995: A new genus and five new species of Central and South American Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 6 (2): 116–120. Full article: [1].
Lemaire, C., 1982: Vingt-huit Saturniidae néotropicaux inédits. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 18: 55–88.
Lemaire, C. & Venedictoff 1989. Catalogue and biogeography of the Lepidoptera of Ecuador. I. Saturniidae, with a description of a new species of Meroleuca Packard. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 129: 1-60. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lemaire, C. & K.L. Wolfe, 1995: A new Meroleuca from eastern Colombia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileucinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 6 (2): 113–115. Full article: [2].