Ephoria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
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: Apatelodidae
Genus:
Species: E. basifulva – E. dora – E. ephora – E. hoppi – E. lineosa – E. lybia – E. marginalis – E. mendozata – E. nubilosa – E. thea – E. uzita – E. yanisi

Name

Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Type species: Phalaena ephora Stoll, [1781] (page 110, pl. 347). In: Cramer by monotypy

Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated: The only species that Herrich-Schäffer included in Ephoria was listed by him as Ephoria m.paradoxa Cr. 347. D. (ephora)'. The name paradoxa was proposed unnecessarily by Herrich-Schäffer as an objective replacement name.

Synonyms

  • Colabata Walker, 1856
    • Type species: Colabata lineosa Francis Walker, 1856 by monotypy

See Herbin & Mielke, 2018: The generic name Ephoria was published in Herrich-Schäffer’s Synopsis familiarum Lepidopterorum, which was published twice, first in the Syst. Bearbeitung Schmett. Eur. 6: 82-132 (specifically page 91) on [31].XII.1855, and second in the “Synopsis” of the same, which was included in the Samml. neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereur. Schmett. 1: 2-52 (specifically page 11) on [IX.1856]. The name Colabata was published in Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects in Col. Br. Mus. 7: 1736, which was available for issue on 10 May 1856 (Nye 1975: 6). Therefore, Ephoria has precedence over Colabata.

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Herbin, D. 2017. Description de nouveaux Hétérocères néotropicaux (Lepidoptera Apatelodidae). Antenor [[1]] 4(2): 114–134. Reference page. 
  • Herbin, D. & Mielke, C.G.C. 2018. Preliminary list of Apatelodidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Bombycoidea) from the Northern Brazilian state of Maranhão with description of nine new species. The European Entomologist 9(3): 105–140. Reference page.