Hispaniodirphia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Claude Lemaire in 1999.[1] All species are endemic to Hispaniola, in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic; it is the only saturniid moth genus found in the Greater Antilles.[2]
Hispaniodirphia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Saturniidae |
Subfamily: | Hemileucinae |
Genus: | Hispaniodirphia Lemaire, 1999 |
Species
edit- Hispaniodirphia lemaireiana Rougerie & Herbin, 2006
- Hispaniodirphia plana (Walker, 1855)
References
edit- ^ Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368104485_Hispaniodirphia_lemaireiana_n_sp_a_new_saturniid_from_the_Greater_Antilles_Lepidoptera_Saturniidae_Hemileucinae