Mustilia sphingiformis gerontica

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: Endromidae
Genus: Mustilia
Subgenus: Mustilia
Species: Mustilia sphingiformis
Subspecies: Mustilia sphingiformis gerontica

Name

Mustilia sphingiformis gerontica (West, 1932)

Type locality: Formosa [Taiwan], Rantaizan, 7.500 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂ and 2 females ♀.

Synonyms

• Mustilia gerontica West, 1932
• Mustilia sphingiformis gerontica West, 1932 (stat. nov. by Zolotuhin, 2007: 192).

References

Primary references

• West, R.J. 1932. Further descriptions of new species of Japanese, Formosan and Philippine Heterocera. Novitates Zoologicae 37: 207–228. Online. Reference page.  [See page 216.]
• Zolotuhin, V.V. 2007. A revision of the genus Mustilia Walker, 1865, with descriptions of new taxa (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae). Neue Entomologischen Nachrichten 60: 187–205. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2009. The Bombycidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna, Supplement 16: 231–272.