Tepilia joanna

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: Phiditiidae
Genus: Tepilia
Species: Tepilia joanna

Name

Tepilia joanna (Schaus, 1906)

Type locality: French Guiana, Saint Jean du Maroni.

Holotype: Male type n° 8284 USNM. Schaus coll.

Synonyms

Phecada joanna Schaus, 1906.

Schaus 1927 placed T. joanna as synonym of Tepilia fastidiosa (Dognin, 1901), later followed by Becker 1996 and Kitching et al. 2018. Tepilia joanna was reinstated as bona species in Herbin 2021.

References

Primary references

• Schaus, W. 1906. Descriptions of some new south American Moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30(1444): 85–141. BHL Reference page. 

⧼Additional References⧽

• Schaus, W. 1927. Familie Lymantriidae. In: Seitz A. (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer 535–563. BHL Reference page. 
• Herbin, D. 2021. The Phiditiidae in French Guiana (Lepidoptera Bombycoidea). Antenor 8(1): 46–64. Reference page.