Meroleuca corralesi

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
Subgenus: Meroleuca (Meroleucoides)
Species: Meroleuca corralesi

Name

Meroleuca (Meroleucoides) corralesi Brechlin & Meister, 2011

Type locality: Peru, Piura dept., Cordillera de Guamani, Huancabamba prov., Los Chorros, 2400 m., 05º24'S, 79º36'W.

Holotype: ZSM. male ♂. 28.I.-10.II.2011. leg. Arturo [Corrales].

References

Primary references

• Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2011m. Seven new species of the genus Meroleuca Packard, 1904 from Peru (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 4(4): 40–47. Reference page.