Prothysana

Prothysana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Prothysana
Walker, 1855
Species: P. terminalis
Binomial name
Prothysana terminalis
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Mimallo trilunula Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
  • Compsa Walker, 1862(preocc. Compsa Perty, 1832)
  • Compsa saturata Walker, 1862
  • Mesotages Felder, 1874(preocc. Mesotages Foerster, 1862)
  • Tarchon Druce, 1887(repl. for Mesotages Felder)
  • Tarchon felderi Druce, 1887
  • Tarchon cuprea Kaye, 1901
  • Zolessia Biezanko & Monné, 1968
  • Zolessia cuprea
  • Zolessia felderi
  • Zolessia saturata
  • Zolessia trilunula

Prothysana is a genus of moths of the Bombycidae family. It contains the single species Prothysana terminalis, which is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).[1]

Taxonomy

Becker included Compsa Walker, 1862, Mesotages Felder, 1874, Tarchon Druce, 1887 and Zolessia Biezanko & Monné, 1968 as new synonyms of Prothysana in 2001.

References

  1. ↑ Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species

Becker, V.O., 2001, The identity of some unrecognized Neotropical Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) described by Francis Walker. Revta bras. Zool. 18: 153-157.


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