Sorocaba (moth)

Sorocaba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Phiditiidae. Its only species, Sorocaba anomala, is found in São Paulo, Brazil.[4] Both the species and genus were described by Frederic Moore in 1882.

Sorocaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Phiditiidae
Genus:
Sorocaba

Moore, 1882[1]
Species:
Sorocaba anomala

Moore, 1882
Synonyms
  • Genus
    • Ceratophora Guenée, 1858 (preocc.)[2]
  • Species
    • Sorocaba carmelitaria Guenée, 1857[3]

Taxonomy

The genus was established in the Sphingidae and later placed in the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927. It was transferred from to the Apatelodidae by Minet in 1986 and finally to the subfamily Phiditiinae by Lemaire and Minet.[5] The subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.[6]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sorocaba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sorocaba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sorocaba anomala​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sorocaba anomala​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  5. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Sorocaba Moore, 1882". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  6. Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (September 30, 2010). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x. S2CID 86331826.


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