Tebenna galapagoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Choreutoidea

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: Choreutoidea

Familia: Choreutidae
Subfamilia: Choreutinae
Genus: Tebenna
Species: Tebenna galapagoensis

Name

Tebenna galapagoensis Hepper & Landry, 1994

Type locality: : Galapagos Is. (Ecuador).-Isabela Id.: Sierra Negra rim (NE)

Holotype: CNC. male ♂. 15.III.1989. legit B. Landry. slide JBH 2027. #21925.

Primary references

• Heppner, J.B. & Landry, B. 1994: A New Tebenna Species from the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 5(2): 123-125. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Roque-Albelo, L. 2003: Population decline of Galapagos endemic Lepidoptera on Volcan Alcedo (Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador): an effect of the introduction of the cottony cushion scale? Entomologie, 73: 177–180.