Species Sphecodoptera cupreifascia (Miskin, 1892)
- Trochilium cupreifascia Miskin, W.H. 1892. New species of Australian Macro-Lepidoptera (Heterocera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8: 57-59 [58].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀, QLD Mackay.
Generic Combinations
- Synanthedon cupreifascia (Miskin, 1892). —
Miskin, W.H. 1892. New species of Australian Macro-Lepidoptera (Heterocera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8: 57-59 - Sphecodoptera cupreifascia (Miskin, 1892). —
Miskin, W.H. 1892. New species of Australian Macro-Lepidoptera (Heterocera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8: 57-59
Introduction
Sphecodoptera cupreifascia (Miskin, 1892) comb. nov. by Kallies (2020).
From Kallies (2020, p. 25): "There are only two specimens [of S. cupreifascia] known in collections, the holotype in SAMA, which lacks the abdomen and the left fore and hindwings, and a female specimen in the NHMUK, both from Mackay [Qld, Australia]. The specimen from the NHMUK was figured and its genitalia examined and figured by Duckworth & Eichlin (1974). These authors as well as Hampson (1919) considered the species a member of the genus Synanthedon. However, based on the venation, general appearance and its genitalia, this species is quite clearly a representative of Sesiini, and it may belong to Sphecodoptera. However, more material is needed to test this association."
General References
Duckworth, W.D. & Eichlin, T.D. 1974. Clearwing moths of Australia and New Zealand (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 180: i-iii, 1-45
Hampson, G.F. 1919. A classification of the Aegeriadae of the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions. Novitates Zoologicae 26: 46-119
Kallies, A. 2020. The clearwing moths (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) of Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Zootaxa 4833(1): 001-064 [Date published 17 Aug 2020] [25]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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11-Feb-2022 | SESIOIDEA | 24-Sep-2020 | MODIFIED | Dr Cathy Byrne (TMAG) Di Moyle (TMAG) |
01-Jul-2010 | 01-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
11-May-2011 | 29-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
20-May-2010 | MODIFIED |