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Phalaena (Tortrix)

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Taxonomy
Phalaena (Tortrix) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was reranked as Tortrix by Carpenter (1992).

It was assigned to Phalaena by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); and to Tortricidae by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Phalaena (Tortrix) Linnaeus p. 530
1761Phalaena (Tortrix) Linnaeus p. 342
1767Phalaena (Tortrix) Linnaeus p. 875
1776Phalaena (Tortrix) Müller p. 130
1992Tortrix Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
genusPhalaena
subgenusTortrix

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Phalaena (Tortrix) Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available