Meroleuca frontino

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 (Dihirpa)
Species: Meroleuca frontino

Name

Meroleuca (Dihirpa) frontino Brechlin, 2021: 20

Type locality: Colombia, Antioquia [dept.], Mpio. de Urrao, Páramo Frontino, road Urrao - Caicedo; 2700 m, 6º24'36"N, 76º2'46"W.

Holotype: ZSM. male ♂. 23.-28.XI.2018. legit V. Sinjaev. BC [Barcode in BOLD]-RBP 12238.

References

Primary references

• Brechlin, R. 2021k. Zwei neue Arten der Gattang Meroleuca Packard, 1904 aus Kolombien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 14(3): 20-23. Reference page.