Mexicantha garciorum

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: Mexicantha garciorum

Name

Mexicantha garciorum (Brechlin & Meister, 2011)

Type locality: Mexico, Estado Oaxaca, San José del Pacifico, highway 175, ca. 120 km N Pochutla, 2480 m., 16º10'N, 96º30'W.

Holotype: MWM. female ♀. 4.VI.2011. leg. F. Meister. BC-RBP-6017.

Synonyms

• Automeris garciorum Brechlin & Meister, 2011 (original combination)
• Mexicantha garciorum (Brechlin & Meister): Naumann, Nässig & Nogueira, 2012: 118 comb. nov.

References

• Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2011t. Two new species of the genus AutomerisHübner, 1819 from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 4(5): 109–111. Reference page. 
• 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.