Tapuia sericea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

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: Bombycoidea

Familia: Apatelodidae
Genus: Tapuia
Species: Tapuia sericea

Name

Tapuia sericea (Schaus, 1896)

Type locality: Brazil, Sao Paulo.

Holotype: Male type n° 11462 USNM.

Synonyms

• Apatelodes sericea Schaus, 1896 (Original combination)
• Tapuia sericea; Orlandin, Piovesan & Carneiro, 2024
• Apatelodes erecta Dognin, 1916; Dognin, 1923
• Tapuia erecta; Orlandin, Piovesan and Carneiro, 2024

References

Primary references

• Schaus, W., 1896. New species of Heterocera. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 4(2): 51-60. full article (BHL). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Draudt, M.W.K. 1929. Bombycidae. In Seitz, Die Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 6: p. 693–709, Pl. 140–142. Reference page. 
• Orlandin E., Piovesan & Carneiro, E. 2024. Systematics of Apatelodidae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) based on molecular and morphological data . Invertebrate systematics 38: 1-43. DOI: 10.1071/IS24041 Reference page.