Species Apatelodes pudefacta - Hodges#7664

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Family Bombycidae (Silkworm Moths)

Subfamily Apatelodinae

Genus Apatelodes

Species pudefacta (Apatelodes pudefacta - Hodges#7664)

Hodges Number

7664

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1904 by Harrison Gray Dyar, Jr. as Apatelodes pudefacta

Explanation of Names

Probably from Latin pudefactus- "ashamed". Dyar compared it to Apatelodes diffidens, so perhaps he intended it as a reference to that name ("diffident" and "ashamed" have similarities in meaning).

Internet References

Journal of the New York Entomological Society, v.12, p.42 Dyar's original description of the species.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 October, 2006 - 8:03pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 July, 2010 - 9:19pm

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