Meroleuca soata

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 soata

Name

Meroleuca soata Brechlin, 2018: 87

Type locality: Colombia, Boyacá [dept.], Provincia del Norte, NW of Soatá, 2950 m, 6°22'03"N, 72°42'54"W.

Holotype: ZSM. male ♂. 05.-07.III.2017. legit V. Sinyaev. BC-RBP 10566.

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.