Piercia alpinaria

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea 

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: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Larentiinae
Tribus: Cataclysmiini
Genus: Piercia
Species: Piercia alpinaria

Name edit

Piercia alpinaria Krüger, 2005

Type locality: Lesotho, Maloti Mts., Oxbow, 28°45'S 28°40'E, 2530 m.

Holotype: TMSA. male ♂, genitalia slide 14738. 14.I.1992. leg. N. J. Duke.

References edit

  • Krüger, M., 2005: New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19–45.