Thacona melierax

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 melierax

Name

Thacona melierax (Kiriakoff, 1965)

Type locality: [Democratic Republic of Congo], Equateur, Ikela, Rivière Loile.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. IV.1959. legit R.H. Carcasson.

Synonymy

• Scrancia melierax Kiriakoff, 1965: 319 (original combination)
• Thacona melierax (Kiriakoff): A. Schintlmeister & T. Witt, 2015: 20

References

Primary references

• Kiriakoff, S.G. 1965. Notodontidae africains nouveaux. VI. Bulletin & Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 101(): 311–330. 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.