Machaeropalpus
Appearance
Machaeropalpus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
Genus: | Machaeropalpus Tams, 1935 |
Species: | M. fasciatus
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Binomial name | |
Machaeropalpus fasciatus Tams, 1935
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Machaeropalpus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Machaeropalpus fasciatus, is found in Samoa. Both the genus and species were first described by Tams in 1935.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 16, 2012). "Machaeropalpus Tams, 1935". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Machaeropalpus Tams, 1935". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Machaeropalpus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 7, 2020.