Tarsolepis brunnea

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: Dudusinae
Genus: Tarsolepis
Subgenus: Tarsolepis (Megashachia)
Species: Tarsolepis brunnea

Name

Tarsolepis brunnea (Cai, 1985)

Type locality: China, Guangdong, Hainan Island, Jianfeng-ling, 760 m.

Holotype: IZAS. male ♂. 22.III.1980.

Synonymy

• Megashachia brunnea R.Q. Cai, 1985 (original combination)
• Tarsolepis equidarum Bänziger, 1988
  • Type locality: Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Huay Kaeo, Zoo, foot of Doi Suthep, 350 m.
    • Holotype DEFACU. male ♂. 16.V.1973. legit Bänziger

References

Primary references

• Cai, R.-Q. 1985. A new species of Megashachia Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Acta entomologica Sinica 28(3): 314–316. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bänziger, H. 1988. The Heaviest Tear Drinkers: Ecology and Systematics of New and Unusual Notodontid Moths. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 36(1): 17–53. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Schintlmeister, A. 2008. Palaearctic Macrolepidoptera Volume 1: Notodontidae. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 482 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-77-4. Reference page.