Tumicla gigantea

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: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Nudariina
Genus: Tumicla
Species: Tumicla gigantea

Name

Tumicla gigantea (Kühne, 2007)

Type locality: Burundi, Kitega.

Holotype: MRAC. male ♂. Präp. 428. 12.I.1965. M. Fontaine.

Synonymy

• Asura gigantea Kühne, 2007 (original combination)
• Tumicla gigantea (Kühne): Volynkin & László, 2018: 295

References

Primary references

• Kühne, L. 2007. Beschreibung neuer Flechtenbärenarten aus Afrika nebst taxonomischen Anmerkungen (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 353–394. Abstract (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volynkin, A.V. & László, G.M. 2018. On the taxonomy of the genus Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 with description of two new species from Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4442(2): 293–306. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.6. Reference page.