Rhynchobombyx avadomenicarocchio

Rh. avadomenicarocchio, holotype male

Rh. avadomenicarocchio, paratype female

Habitat by the Ekongo camp, Mai-Ndombe, DRC

Taxonavigation

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

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.

References

Primary references

• Prozorov, A.M., Prozorova, T.A., Mapilanga, J.J., Volkova, J.S., Yakovlev, R.V., Traore, M.M., Saldaitis, A. & Müller, G.C. 2021. Seven new species of Rhynchobombyx Aurivillius, 1909 from Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 49: 35–53. DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.49.3 Reference page.