Thacona amata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

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: Noctuoidea

Familia: Notodontidae
Subfamilia: Scranciinae
Genus: Thacona
Species: Thacona amata

Name

Thacona amata (Fawcett, 1916)

Type locality: [Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 13.I.1912. legit W. Feather.

Synonymy

• Scrancia amata Fawcett, 1916: 725 (original combination)
• Thacona amata (Gaede): A. Schintlmeister & T. Witt, 2015: 20

References

Primary references

• Fawcett, J.F.M., 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2:707–737, pl. 1. :http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1916449756zool#page/734/mode/1up. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schintlmeister, A. & Witt, T.J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Museum Witt Munich & Nature Research Center Vilnius. Hardcover 288 pp. ISBN 978-3- 940732-19-4 DOI: 10.1163/22119434-15802001. Reference page.