Apeplopoda mecrida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Euchromiina
Genus: Apeplopoda
Species:

Apeplopoda mecrida (Druce, 1889): 84 [1]

Type locality: Mexico, Mexico city.

Type material BMNH. Undisclosed number of syntypes.

Gymnopoda mecrida Druce, 1889 (Original Combination)
Saurita mecrida; Hampson, 1898: 272
Mystrocneme dulcicordis Dyar, 1907: 51 [2]
- Type locality: Mexico, Mexico City & Orizaba.
- Type material: USNM, 2 male syntypes, cat. 10150.
Rhynchopyga dulcicordis; Hampson, 1914: 181 [3], pl.9 fig.24 [4] (replacement for Mystrocneme dulcicordis)
Saurita mecrida; Draudt, 1915: 92 [5]
Rhynchopyga dulcicordis; Draudt, 1917: 203 [6] (as synonym of Saurita mecrida)
Apeplopoda mecrida; Donahue, 1993: 200 [7]
Pseudomya mecrida; Grados, 2003: 99 [as synonym of Pseudomya dulcicordis)
Apeplopoda mecrida; Laguerre, 2025

Druce, H. 1889. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta Lepidoptera Heterocera. Vol. I. pp. 257–344. BHL Reference page.

Hampson, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Syntomidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xxii + 560 pp. BHL Reference page.
Zerny, H. 1912. Pars VII. Syntomidae [In Wagner (Editor) Lepidopterorum Catalogus 7: 1-179. BHL Archive Reference page.
Hampson, G. F. 1914b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Pp. 1–858. BHL Reference page.
Draudt, M.W.K. 1915. Familie Syntomidae. In Seitz (Adalbert), Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 6: 33-230. BHL Reference page.
Donahue, J.P. 1993. SIX SPECIES OF TIGER MOTHS (ARCTIIDAE: LITHOSHNAE, CTENUCHINAE) NEW TO THE UNITED STATES FAUNA, WITH NOTES ON THEIR NOMENCLATURE AND DISTRIBUTION IN MIDDLE AMERICA. Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 47(3): 199-210. [8] Reference page.
Grados, J. 2003. Notas sinonímicas sobre Ctenuchini y Euchromiini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Revista Peruana de Biologia 10(1): 98–100. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Laguerre, M. 2025. Rhynchopyga Felder, 1874, and Apeplopoda Watson, 1980: description of six new species and some notes on various entities. (Erebidae Arctiinae Arctiini Euchromiina). Antenor 12(1): 26-43. Reference page.