Prototheora tanzaniensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hepialoidea

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: Hepialoidea

Familia: Prototheoridae
Genus: Prototheora
Species: Prototheora tanzaniensis

Name

Prototheora tanzaniensis Landry & Davis, 2018

Type locality: Tanzania, Iringa Region, Makete District, Kitulo Plateau North, 2700 m in elevation.

Holotype: NHMO. male ♂. 29.XI-01.XII.2005. legit L. Aarvik, M. Fibiger & A. Kingston.

References

Primary references

• Landry, B. & Davis, D.R. 2018. Two new species of Prototheora Meyrick from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania representing the northernmost records for the genus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 125(1): 129-135. full article (PDF). Reference page.