Mesera tristis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lasiocampoidea

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: Lasiocampoidea

Familia: Lasiocampidae
Subfamilia: Poecilocampinae
Tribus: Macromphaliini
Genus: Mesera
Species: Mesera tristis

Name

Mesera tristis Walker, 1855

Type locality: Venezuela. Colombia, Bogota.

Syntypes

• Described from 2 syntype specimens: one male from Venezuela, and one female from Bogota.
• Note: Draudt in Seitz (1927) already stated that the female is probably not same species than the male.

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 777–976. BHL Reference page.  page 861

Additional references

• Draudt, M.W.K. 1927. Familie Lasiocampidae. In Seitz (Adalbert), Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 6: 565-624. [1] Reference page.