Tolypida Schaus, 1928

Laurent, Ryan A. St & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Reclassification of the Sack-bearer Moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae), ZooKeys 815, pp. 1-114 : 12

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.815.27335

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scientific name

Tolypida Schaus, 1928
status

 

Tolypida Schaus, 1928 View in CoL Figs 4, 42, 83, 84, 159

Type species.

Hydrias amaryllis Schaus, 1896.

Diagnosis.

Unmistakable yellow moths with thick gray ante- and postmedial bands spanning width of the wings, gray bands are outlined with cream or white on both sides.

Apomorphy.

Deeply bifid uncus such that bifurcation deeper than uncus width (Fig. 4a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Mimallonoidea

Family

Mimallonidae