Mnesarchaea

Mnesarchaea acuta

Mnesarchaea loxoscia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mnesarchaeoidea

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: Exoporia Superfamilia: Mnesarchaeoidea

Familia: Mnesarchaeidae
Genus: Mnesarchaea
Species (6): M. acuta – M. fallax – M. fusca – M. fusilella – M. hamadelpha – M. paracosma
+ 4 n.spp.

Name

Mnesarchaea Meyrick, 1885: 591

• Original status: Valid genus
• Type species: Mnesarchaea paracosma Meyrick, 1885
  • Fixation: Monotypy
• ZooBank: [1]

References

• Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (14)
• Gibbs, G.W. 1979. Some notes on the biology and status of the Mnesarchaeidae (Lepidoptera).New Zealand Entomologist 7(1): 2–9. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1979.9722321 Reference page. 
• Nielsen, E.S.; Robinson, G.S.; Wagner, D.L. 2000: Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of natural history, 34: 823–878. DOI: 10.1080/002229300299282

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