Shimonia splendida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

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 Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Metarbelidae
Genus: Shimonia
Species: Shimonia splendida

Name

Shimonia splendida (Fletcher, 1968)

Type locality: Uganda, Bundibugyo District, Rwenzori Range, Bwamba Pass, 6.500 feet.

Holotype: BMNH. male. XII.1934-I.1935. leg. F.W. Edwards.

Synonyms

• Metarbela splendida Fletcher, 1968
• Shimonia splendida (Fletcher, 1968) by Lehmann & Rajaei 2013: 106

Primary references

• Fletcher, D.S. 1968: Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952, British Museum (Natural History), London, 1(8):325-353, figs 1-22.

References

• Lehmann, I. & Rajaei Sh., H. 2013. Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from East and Central Africa, with notes on biogeography. Bonn zoological bulletin 62(1): 100–110. Full article (PDF) Reference page.