Sonitha ekongo

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
Subfamilia: Lasiocampinae
Tribus: Gastropachini
Genus: Sonitha
Species: Sonitha ekongo

Name

Sonitha ekongo Friend et al., 2024: 108

Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equateur, Mai-Ndombe, Ekongo camp, 2.75613S, 20.31538E, 350 m.

Holotype USTTB. male ♂. XI.2017. legit A. Prozorov, T. Prozorova et al. genitalia slide A. M. Prozorov 1141♂

References

Primary references

• Friend, H.L., Prozorov, A.M., Yakovlev, R.V., Prozorova, T.A., Saldaitis A., Sulak, H., Volkova, J.S., Lamah, S.P., Revay, E.E. & Müller, G.C. 2024. Four new species close to Sonitha libera and Sonitha myoctona from the Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 72: 99-116. DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.72.9. . Reference page.