Biology:Snellenia flavipennis

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Short description: Species of moth

Snellenia flavipennis
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S. flavipennis
Binomial name
Snellenia flavipennis
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Eretmocera flavipennis R. Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Pseudaegeria flavipennis

Snellenia flavipennis is a species of moth of the Stathmopodidae family. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875.

Taxonomy

The species was described from a specimen of dubious provenance ["Amer. ?"]. Walsingham concluded it is closely related to Snellenia sesioides (now considered a synonym of Snellenia lineata) from Australia.[1] Hence Becker (1984) considered that the original specimen, which is presumably lost, may have come from Australia. Previously, it was thought to be Neotropical. The status of the species is currently unknown.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7547637 entry