Tessella

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: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Phaegopterina
Genus: Tessella
Species: T. apiola – T. apostata – T. flavescens – T. grandis – T. jorgenseni – T. klagesi – T. leucomelas – T. sertata
Name

Tessella Breyer, 1957

Type species: Halysidota sertata Berg, 1882 by original designation.

Homonym: Tessella (Chromista) G.Playfair, 1915

Tessella sertata

References

de Toulgoët, H. 2002: Description de nouvelles Arctiides neotropicales (71e note), (Lepidoptera Arctiidae Arctiinae). Lambillionea, 102(3 Tome 1): 251–254. Reference page.
Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2010. Changements nomenclaturaux en vue de l’actualisation du catalogue des Arctiinae néotropicales (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 115(2): 175–184. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Tessella is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Breyer in 1957.
Species

Tessella grandis Toulgoët, 2002
Tessella jorgenseni Schaus, 1921
Tessella klagesi (Rothschild, 1909)
Tessella leucomelas Toulgoët, 2000
Tessella sertata Berg, 1882

Former species

Tessella apostata Schaus, 1905

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.