Hippia Moeschler , 1878

Metzler, Eric H. & Knudson, Edward C., 2011, A new species of Elasmia Moeschler from New Mexico and Texas, and a new subspecies of Elasmia mandela (Druce) from Texas and Oklahoma (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae, Nystaleinae), ZooKeys 149, pp. 51-67 : 51

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.149.1519

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hippia Moeschler , 1878
status

 

Hippia Moeschler, 1878

Discussion.

We examined the illustration of the type and the male and female genitalia of Hippia mumetes ( Cramer, [1775]), the type species of Hippia Möschler (1878). Those examinations show that the North American species, placed in Hippia , are not congeneric with Hippia mumetes .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Notodontidae