Biology:Allotoma
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of moths
| Allotoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Incertae sedis/Bombycoidea |
| Genus: | Allotoma Hübner, 1819 |
| Species: | A. cornifrons
|
| Binomial name | |
| Allotoma cornifrons Hübner, 1819
| |
Allotoma is a genus of moths in the superfamily Bombycoidea. The only species in the genus is Allotoma cornifrons, found in Borneo, Malaysia, and Sumatra.
The puzzling genus has been shuffled between the Notodontidae and Lymantriidae families without certainty of its correct classification. Holloway ruled out Noctuoidea and hypothesized that it may belong in the Bombycoidea superfamily without placing it more precisely.[1]
References
- ↑ Holloway, J. D.. "TRIBE LYMANTRIINI". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/lymantriini/lymantriidae_5.php. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database https://web.archive.org/web/20120826132801/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Allotoma_Genus.asp
Wikidata ☰ Q4733220 entry
 |  |
