Biology:Tecmessa (moth)
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Tecmessa | |
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| Tecmessa gonema, Guyana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterocampinae |
| Genus: | Tecmessa Burmeister, 1878 |
Tecmessa is a Neotropical genus of moths of the family Notodontidae described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878, and historically confused with the Old World genus Cerura.[1]
Tecmessa recently contained more than 20 species. As a result of research published in 2023, 17 of the species were transferred to the new genus Americerura. In the same publication, the genus Tecmessa was moved from subfamily Cerurinae to Heterocampinae.[2]
Species
These seven species belong to the genus Tecmessa:[2]
- Tecmessa annulipes (Berg, 1878)
- Tecmessa elegans (Schaus, 1901)
- Tecmessa gonema (Schaus, 1905)
- Tecmessa laqueata (Schaus, 1911)
- Tecmessa olindata (Schaus, 1939)
- Tecmessa pedrana (Schaus, 1939)
- Tecmessa pica (Butler, 1882)
References
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- ↑ Schintlmeister, A. (2013) World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 11: Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera). Brill, Leiden, 608 pp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 St Laurent, Ryan A; Goldstein, Paul Z; Miller, James S; Markee, Amanda et al. (2023). "Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus". Insect Systematics and Diversity 7 (2). doi:10.1093/isd/ixad004. https://academic.oup.com/isd/article/7/2/3/7103215.
Wikidata ☰ Q13614863 entry
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