Pseudaphelia

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 Urotini
Genus: Pseudaphelia
Species: P. ansorgei – P. appolinaris – P. flava – P. karemii – P. luteola – P. roseibrunnea – P. simplex
Name

Pseudaphelia Kirby, 1892

Type species: Saturnia apollinaris Boisduval, 1847. In: Delegorgue by monotypy.
Synonyms

Aphelia Westwood, 1849 (preoccupied by Aphelia Hübner, 1816 Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Pseudaphelia Kirby, 1892 (replacement name for Aphelia Westwood, 1849)

References

Rothschild, W., 1898a: On some new or rare Lepidoptera of the Old-World regions. Novitates Zoologicae, 5 (1): 96–102.

Pseudaphelia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892.[1]
Species

Pseudaphelia ansorgei Rothschild, 1898
Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)
Pseudaphelia dialitha Tams, 1930
Pseudaphelia flava Bouvier, 1930
Pseudaphelia flavomarginata Gaede, 1915
Pseudaphelia karemii Bouvier, 1927
Pseudaphelia luteola Bouvier, 1930
Pseudaphelia roseibrunnea Gaede, 1927
Pseudaphelia simplex Rebel, 1906

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.