Urota

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: Urota
Species: U. centralis – U. conjuncta – U. herbuloti – U. koupensis – U. manicaensis – U. melichari – U. nguruensis – U. sinope – U. ulembwensis – U. zambiensis
Species: U. centralis - U. conjuncta - U. herbuloti - U. melichari

Name

Urota Westwood, 1849
References

Basquin, P. 2012: Description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Urota Westwood, 1849, originaire du Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae: Urotini). Saturnafrica, 11: 3–4. Reference page.
Bouyer, Th., 2008: Description de nouveaux Saturniidae africains (II) (Lepidoptera). Entomologia Africana 13 (2): 53–59.
Darge, P. 2011d: Donnees complementaires sur le genre Urota Westwood, 1849, avec description d'especes nouvelles d'Afrique de l' Est et du Cameroun (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae: Urotini). Saturnafrica, 10: 11–22. Reference page.

Urota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by John O. Westwood in 1849. Its single species, Urota sinope, was described by the same author in the same year.[1] It was described from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[2]
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. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
Savela, Markku. "Urota Westwood, 1849". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 15, 2018.