Macrosoma lamellifera is a moth-like butterfly in the family Hedylidae.[1] It was described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916. It is hypothesized to be closely related to Macrosoma rubedinaria and Macrosoma ustrinaria, and though these groups fall within the same clade, they do not form a monophyletic group.[2]

Macrosoma lamellifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hedylidae
Genus: Macrosoma
Species:
M. lamellifera
Binomial name
Macrosoma lamellifera
Prout, 1916

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macrosoma lamellifera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Scoble, Malcolm J. (1990-01-01). "An identification guide to the Hedylidae (Lepidoptera: Hedyloidea)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 21 (2): 121–158. doi:10.1163/187631290X00102. ISSN 1876-312X.