Nelphe moeschleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
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 Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Ctenuchina
Genus: Nelphe
Species: Nelphe moeschleri

Nelphe moeschleri (Rothschild, 1912): 178

Type locality: Jamaica.

Type material: BMNH. Male Holotype by monotypy.

Eucereon moeschleri Rothschild, 1912 (original combination); Hampson, 1914: 342
Nelphe moechleri [sic,moeschleri]; Travassos, 1952: 375.
Nelphe moeschleri; Pinheiro, 2016: 493.

Hampson, G. F. 1914b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Pp. 1–858. BHL Reference page.
Travassos, L. 1952. Contribuição ao conhecimento dos Arctiidae. XXX. Espécies do gênero Nelphe H. Schaeffer, 1855. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 12(4): 369-384. Reference page.
Pinheiro, L.R. 2016. Description of two new species of Nelphe Herrich-Schäffer, with comments on the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina). Zootaxa 4079(4): 487–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.8 Reference page.