Adela praepilosa

Adela praepilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Adela
Species:
A. praepilosa
Binomial name
Adela praepilosa
(Hirowatari, 1997)

Adela praepilosa is a moth (order Lepidoptera) belonging to the family Adelidae, the fairy longhorn moths. Its Japanese name is kebuka higenaga (ケブカヒゲナガ).[1]

Distribution

Adela praepilosa is only known to exist in Japan.[2] It was first described in 1997 after a revision of the genus Adela by the Japanese taxonomist Toshiya Hirowatari. Type specimens from Japan, housed at the Natural History Museum of London, were mistakenly labeled A. nobilis, a species distributed throughout much of Asia. Hirowatari discovered that A. nobilis was not present in Japan, and the specimens, found on the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu were distinct. He named the new species A. praepilosa, and named two other Japanese species: A. luteocilis and A. luminaris.[3]

References

  1. ^ Adela praepilosa | Scientific Materials (Insects) Type Specimens | Osaka Prefecture University Harmony Museum
  2. ^ Adela praepilosa | Occurrence Search | Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  3. ^ Hirowatari, T. (1997). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Adela Latreille (Lepidoptera, Adelidae) from Japan". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 48 (4): 271–290.
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