Picrospora crocostacta

Taxonavigation edit

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: Psychidae
Subfamilia: Taleporiinae
Tribus: Taleporiini
Genus: Picrospora
Species: Picrospora crocostacta

Name edit

Picrospora crocostacta (Meyrick, 1912)

Type locality: Cape Colony [South Africa, Cape province], Tulbagh.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. genitalia slide Gozmány no. 10152. (designated by Gozmány & Vári, 1973: 187)

Synonyms edit

  • Scythropia crocostacta Meyrick, 1912
  • Picrospora crocostacta Meyrick, 1912 by Vári et al., 2002: 16.

References edit

  • Meyrick, E., 1912c: New South African Microlepidoptera. Annals of the South African Museum 10(3): 53–74
  • Sobczyk, T. 2011. World Catalogue of Insects. Volume 10: Psychidae (Lepidoptera). Apollo Books, Stenstrup: 467 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-98-9. Reference page