Mexicantha

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: Mexicantha
Species: (3):
M. arellanoi – M. garciorum – M. oaxacana

Name

Mexicantha Naumann , Nässig & Nogueira, 2012

Gender: Female.

Type species: Mexicantha oaxacana Stefan Naumann , Wolfgang A. Nässig & Guillermo Nogueira G., 2012

References

Primary references

• Naumann, S., Nässig, W.A. & Nogueira, G. 2012. Mexicantha oaxacana gen. et sp. n., a new hemileucine moth from Oaxaca, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32(3-4): 117–120. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Naumann, S. 2014. A new species of the genus Mexicantha from Guerrero, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 35(1-2): 71–76. Reference page.