Rhynchobombyx avadomenicarocchio

Rh. avadomenicarocchio, holotype male
Rh. avadomenicarocchio, paratype female
Habitat by the Ekongo camp, Mai-Ndombe, DRC

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Lasiocampoidea 

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: Lasiocampoidea

Familia: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Rhynchobombyx
Species: Rhynchobombyx avadomenicarocchio

Name

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Rhynchobombyx avadomenicarocchio Prozorov, Saldaitis & Müller, 2021

Type locality: DRC, Kasaï-Occidental Prov., NE Ilebo and Kasai River.

Holotype: BUM. male ♂. XI.1997. genitalia slide 0615.

Etymology: named in honour of Ava Domenica Rocchio (Staten Island, New York, USA). Ava Domenica loves nature and studies all insects and worms that she encounters. She wants to become an Entomologist.

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