Holocerina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Micragonini
Genus: Holocerina
Species: H. agomensis – H. angulata – H. digennariana – H. intermedia – H. istsariensis – H. menieri – H. murphyi – H. occidentalis – H. orientalis – H. rhodesiensis – H. rougeoti – H. smilax
Name

Holocerina Pinhey, 1956

Type species: Saturnia smilax Westwood, 1849
Synonyms

Bolocera Kirby, 1892
Holocera Felder, 1874 (preoccupied by Holocera Haan, 1825 (Mollusca).
Holocerina Pinhey, 1956 (replacement name for Holocera Felder, 1874
Hyperchirioides Lemaire, 1981
Type species: Micrattacus bulaea Maassen, 1885

Holocerina angulata from Ebogo, Cameroon

References

Bouyer, T., 1997b. Description d’une nouvelle espèce de Saturniidae africain Holocerina rougeoti n. sp. (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 2(1): 2–4. Reference page.
Bouyer, Th., 2008: Description de nouveaux Saturniidae africains (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 13 (1): 2–19.
Bouyer, T. 2014d. Description d’espèces nouvelles et note sur les genres Holocerina Pinhey, 1956 et Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Lambillionea, 114(1): 4–8. Reference page.
Darge, P. 2008: Description de nouveaux Saturnides d'Afrique oriëntale et centrale (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Saturnafrica, 1: 16–23. Reference page.
Janse, A.J.T., 1917: Some apparently undescribed Heterocera and five species hitehrto unrecorded from South Africa. Annals of the Durban Museum 2: 78–88
Karsch, F., 1896: Die Hollandiiden oder die äethiopischen Arbeliden W. J. Holland's. Entomologische Nachrichten 22 (9): 135–141.
Rougeot, P.C., 1973: Lépidoptères Attacidae nouveaux ou peu connus du Territoire français des Afars et des Issas. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 78 (5–6): 209–213.

Holocerina is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae.[1] The genus was first described by Pinhey in 1956.
Species

Holocerina agomensis (Karsch, 1893)
Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
Holocerina digennariana Darge, 2008
Holocerina guineensis (Strand, 1912)
Holocerina intermedia Rougeot, 1978
Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962
Holocerina menieri Rougeot, 1973
Holocerina micropteryx (Hering, 1949)
Holocerina nilotica (Jordan, 1922)
Holocerina occidentalis Bouyer, 2008
Holocerina orientalis Bouyer, 2001
Holocerina prosti Rougeot, 1978
Holocerina rhodesiensis (Janse, 1918)
Holocerina rougeoti Bouyer, 1997
Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)
Holocerina wensis Rougerie & J. Bouyer, 2005

References

Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.