Carmenta brachyclados

Carmenta brachyclados

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: 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
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Sesiidae
Subfamilia: Sesiinae
Tribus: Synanthedonini
Genus: Carmenta
Species: Carmenta brachyclados

Name

Carmenta brachyclados Sterling & Lees, 2024.

Type locality: Central Guyana.

Holotype: female ♀, wingspan 18 mm, fwl 8 mm, ex seedpod fragment Mora excelsa (det. DNA barcode), accidentally collected ca. 12 October 2023 (leg. Ashleigh Cadet) and transported to United Kingdom, adult found live indoors, Wales, Neath, Port Talbot, 4 February 2024, leg. Daisy T. Cadet, specimen number NHMUK013700462, accession number BMNH(E) 2024-18.

Paratype: female ♀ same collection data as holotype except found dead in house, specimen number NHMUK013700463, slide number NHMUK014332461.

References

Primary references

  • Sterling, M.J., Cadet, D.T., Beasley, J. & Lees, D.C. 2024. A success for community science: Carmenta brachyclados sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae, Synanthedonini), a clearwing moth from Guyana discovered with its hostplant indoors in Wales (United Kingdom). Nota lepidopterologica 47: 201–218. DOI: 10.3897/nl.47.130138 Open access. Reference page. 

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