Mirocastnia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Castniidae
Subfamilia: Castniinae
Tribus: Gazerini
Genus: Mirocastnia
Species: M. canis – M. pyrrhopygoides – M. smalli
Name

Mirocastnia J.Y.Miller, 1980

Type species: Mirocastnia smalli J.Y. Miller, 1980
Synonyms

Athis Houlbert, 1918
Schaefferia Houlbert, 1918
Castnia (Schaefferia) Rothschild, 1919 (in part)
Hista Oiticica, 1955 (in part)
Feschaeria Oiticica, 1955 (in part).

References

Lamas, G., 1995, Revista Peruana de Entomologia 37: 73–87. [1]
Miller, J.Y., 1980: Studies in the Castniidae. III. Mirocastnia. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 60: 1–15. Full article: [2].