Mallocephala

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: Spilosomina
Genus: Mallocephala
Species: M. fulvicollis – M. rubripes

Name

Mallocephala Blanchard, 1852: 68

Type species: Mallocephala rubripes Blanchard, 1852 by monotypy.

Synonyms

  • Fuligoptera Ruiz, 1989: 136; = Vincent & Laguerre, 2013: 449; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 415.
    • Type species: Mallocephala rubripes Blanchard, 1852 by original designation.

Primary references

  • Blanchard, C.E. 1852. Fauna Chilena. Insectos, Orden VI, Lepidópteros. In: Gay, C. (Ed.) Historia Física y Política de Chile 7: 1-112. Reference page. 
  • Ruiz Rodriguez V. H., 1989. Taxonomic revision of the Chilean Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Gayana (Zool.) 53 (4): 117-181

Additional references

  • Watson, A., Fletcher, D.S. & Nye, I.W.B. 1980. The Generic names of moths of the world. Vol. 2, Noctuoidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London; 228 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2013a. Changements nomenclaturaux chez les Arctiinae néotropicales (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae); seconde partie. Zoosystema 35(3): 425–455. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
  • Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137–533. DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1 Full article (PDF). Reference page.