Genus Eucalantica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)

Family Yponomeutidae (Ermine Moths)

Subfamily Saridoscelinae

Genus Eucalantica

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eucalantica Busck, 1904 (1)

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet from Greek meaning "true Calantica" for the genus described by Zeller in 1847. Calantica Zeller was subsequently determined by Meyrick (1914) to be preoccupied by Calantica Gray (1825) (Crustacea) and he proposed Niphonympha as a replacement name. Niphonympha currently resides in Yponomeutidae and is filled with European and Asian species. (2)

Remarks

Formerly in Plutellidae. Transferred to Saridoscelinae which is in Yponomeutidae by Sohn et al. 2013 (3)

Print References

Busck, A. 1904. Tineid moths from British Columbia, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 750. (1)

Sohn et al. 2013 (3)

Sohn & Nishida, 2011 (4)

Works Cited

1.	Tineid moths from British Columbia, with descriptions of new species A. Busck. 1904. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 745-778.

2.	Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint) J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.

3.	A molecular phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and its implications for classification, biogeography Sohn, J-C, J.C. Regier, C. Mitter, D. Davis, J-F. Landry. 2013. Plos One 8(1): 1-23.

4.	A taxonomic review of Eucalantica Busck (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) with descriptions of six new species Jae-Cheon Sohn, Kenji Nishida. 2011. ZooKeys 118: 75–96.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 31 May, 2009 - 10:28pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 November, 2017 - 11:30am

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