Valvaminor desperata

Valvaminor desperata male

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: 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: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Euchromiina
Genus: Valvaminor
Species: Valvaminor desperata

Name

Valvaminor desperata (Walker, 1856): 1602 []

Type locality: [Brazil], Valley of the Amazon.

Holotype: BMNH Holotype Female (BMNH), collection Saunders.

Synonymy

  • Pseudomya desperata Walker, 1856 (original description)
  • Mesothen desperata (Walker, 1856): Hampson, 1898
  • Valvaminor desperata (Walker, 1856): Cerda, 2020

References

Primary references

  • Walker, F. 1856. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VIII. Sphingidae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–271. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Hampson, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Syntomidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xxii + 560 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Cerda, J.A. 2020. Descriptions of a new genus: Valvaminor gen. nov. and of a new species from Bolivia: Valvaminor bleuzeni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Euchromiina). Seventh note. Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 89(7-8): 205–212. Reference page.