Genus Zelicodes

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

Vail moth unknown 1 - Zelicodes linearis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Rivulinae

Genus Zelicodes

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1895 or 1896 by Augustus Radcliffe Grote with linearis as the type.

Explanation of Names

Perhaps from Zelica (a genus of moths in the Notodontidae) + Greek -odes (-ωδης)- "looking like, resembling"

Numbers

There is only one species known in our area: Zelicodes linearis

Internet References

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v.34, p,418 Grote's original description of the genus.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 5 September, 2009 - 9:28am
Last updated 5 September, 2009 - 2:29pm

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