Perissomastix damnificella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tineoidea

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 Superfamilia: Tineoidea

Familia: Tineidae
Subfamilia: Perissomasticinae
Genus: Perissomastix
Species: Perissomastix damnificella

Name

Perissomastix damnificella (Zeller, 1852)

Type locality: South Africa, Cape Province, Caffraria.

Holotype: NHRS. male ♂. genitalia slide Viette no. 2864.

Synonyms

• Tinea damnificella Zeller, 1852
• Psolarcha damnificella Zeller, 1852
• Tineola ochropsamma Meyrick, 1908 (synonymized by Gozmány 1965: 414).

References

• Gozmány, L.A. 1965: Tineid moths collected by Dr. Szunyoghy in Tanganyika in 1960 (Lepidoptera). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 57: 413–421. full article (pdf). Reference page. 
• Petersen, G., 1988: Revision der Perissomasticini (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 38 (1): 3–64.