Meroleuca machadoi

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 machadoi

Name

Meroleuca machadoi Brechlin, 2018: 86

Type locality: Colombia, Quindio [dept.], border to Tolima dpt., road Cajamarca to Calarcá, 3290 m, 4°28'28"N, 75033'30"W.

Holotype: ZSM. male ♂. 15.-18.I.2015. legit V. Sinyaev, Marquez & J. Machado. BC-RBP 9321.

References

Primary references

• Brechlin, R. 2018d. Sechs neue Arten der Untergattung Meroleucoides MICHENER, 1949 der Gattung Meroleuca PACKARD, 1904 aus Kolumbien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 11(1): 84-92. Reference page.