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 felderi

Prothysana is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. It contains the single species Prothysana terminalis, a.k.a. the Shag-carpet caterpillar. It is found from Mexico, south to Panama and into South America, at least to Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Becker included Compsa Walker, 1862, Mesotages Felder, 1874, Tarchon Druce, 1887 and Zolessia Biezanko & Monné, 1968 as new synonyms of Prothysana in 2001. [1]

Biology

Recorded food plants include Philodendron, Heliconia, Welfia georgii, Chamaedora tepejilote, Piptocarpha poeppigiana, Pentaclethra macroloba, Stigmaphyllon lindinianum, Piper colonense, Piper hispidum, Piper auretum, Piper peltata, Neea psychotroides, Lycianthes synanthera, Heliocarpus appendiculatus, Miriocarpa longipes and Aegifila falcata.

References

  1. ↑ 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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