Wallacella

Wallacella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Wallacella
Mielke et al., 2020
Species:
W. guianensis
Binomial name
Wallacella guianensis
(Schaus, 1940)
Synonyms

(Species)

  • Phassus guianensis Schaus, 1940

Wallacella is a genus of moths in the family Hepialidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Wallacella guianensis which is known from Guyana.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mielke, Carlos G. C.; Grehan, John R.; Cock, Matthew J. W. (2020-03-27). "Ghost-moths of Trinidad and Tobago with description of a new genus and a new species (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)". Zootaxa. 4758 (1): 181–190. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.9. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 32230161.
  2. ↑ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. Bibcode:2000JNatH..34..823N. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.