Meroleuca decaensi

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 (Meroleuca)
Species: Meroleuca decaensi

Name

Meroleuca (Meroleuca) decaensi Lemaire, 1995

Type locality: Peru, Junín Prov., Tarma-La Merced road, 2700 m.

Holotype: Coll. Decaëns. male ♂. 3.XI.1989. leg. T. Decaëns.

References

Primary references

• 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. Reference page.