Viperinus pyknoistus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gelechioidea 

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: Gelechioidea

Familia: Lecithoceridae
Subfamilia: Torodorinae
Genus: Viperinus
Species: Viperinus pyknoistus

Name edit

Viperinus pyknoistus Park & Koo 2021: 363

Type locality: Uganda, Murchison Fall N. P., Sambia Lodge, 2,500 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 22.VII.2000. legit D.J.L. Agassiz. gen. slide no. CIS-7490.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Park, K.T. & Koo, J.M. 2021. A new genus Viperinus Park with descriptions of two new species, and two new species of the genus Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae) in Kenya and Tanzania, with a checklist of the world species. Zootaxa 4985(3): 359–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.3.3.  . Reference page