Melinodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea
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: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Genus: Melinodes
Species: M. albarita – M. amandaria – M. angasmarcata – M. aurantiata – M. bobaria – etc M. subspurcata

Name

Melinoides [or Melinodes ?!] Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]

Type species: Melinodes detersaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1855], by monotypy.

Synonymy

Melinoides Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]: 30 (as "92. Melinoides."); 44 (as "Anm. 87. Gen. 92. Melinoides m. detersaria m. Exot. f. 312"); also 64 (as "Melinoides H-S. detersaria f. 312. — Columb.").
Melinodes Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]: 81 (as "Melinodes detersaria H-S. mas." in legend for pl. 57, f. 312, Subsequent [mis]spelling?) (See also Melinodes in Pitkin, 2002: 278; Brehm et al., 2019: 477).

References

Primary references

Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1850–1869. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. 1–84 pp, 96 pls. Regensburg, G.J. Manz. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Pitkin, L.M. 2002. Neotropical Ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 135(2–3): 121–401. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x Reference page.