Zekelita taruensis

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: Hypeninae
Genus: Zekelita
Subgenus: Zekelita (Zekelita)
Species: Zekelita taruensis

Name

Zekelita taruensis (Butler, 1898)

Type locality: B.E. Africa [Kenya], Taru.

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. 27.XI.1896. legit C.S. Betton. genitalia slide 16406♀. (lectotype Rhynchina taruensis designated by Lödl & Mayerl, 1998: 152)

Synonymy

• Rhynchina taruensis Butler, 1898 (original combination)
• Zekelita taruensis (Butler): Lödl & Mayerl, 1998: 152

References

Primary references

• Butler, 1898. On a Collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 1898: 395–444, pls 32,33. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mayerl, B. & Lödl, M. 1997 The Checklist all hitherto known species of the genera Zekelita Walker, 1863 and Rhynchina Guenée, 1854 of the Palaearctic and Indo-Australian Region. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 99 B: 377–386 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Lödl, M. & Mayerl, B. 1998 Revision der Gattung Zekelita WALKER, 1863 (=Rhynchodontodes WARREN, 1913) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). Quadrifina 1: 115–230. full article (PDF).Reference page.