Meroleuca rectilineata

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 rectilineata

Name

Meroleuca rectilineata Lemaire & Venedictoff, 1989

Type locality: Ecuador, Oriente, Napo: road Tulcim/La Bonita, Sebundoy, 2600 m.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 11-15.IX.1977. L.E. Peiia G.

References

Primary references

• 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.