Usta

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: Usta
Species: U. alba – U. angulata – U. arabica – U. subangulata – U. terpsichore – U. wallengrenii
Name

Usta Wallengren, 1863

Type species: Saturnia wallengrenii Felder, 1859 By original designation and monotypy.
References

Wallengren, H.D.J., 1863: Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 7 (5): 137–151.

Additional references

Hacker, H.H. 2016. Systematic and Illustrated Catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Superfamilies Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 20(1): 7–742. Reference page.

Usta is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1863.[1]
Species

Usta alba Terral & Lequeux, 1991
Usta angulata Rothschild, 1895
Usta biplaga Rebel, 1912
Usta grantae Terral & Lequeux, 1991
Usta subangulata Bouvier, 1930
Usta terpsichore (Maassen & Weyding, 1885)
Usta wallengrenii (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859)

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.