1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Weitere Informationen

2.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Sterling et al. (2025: 335) teilen mit: “meyricki — named in honour of the microlepidopterist and systematist Edward Meyrick (1854-1938), who described the majority of the known species of white Oriental xyloryctids.“

3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Sterling, M. J., Price, B. W. & D. C. Lees (2025): A revision of the hitherto neglected genus Topiris Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera, Xyloryctidae) with taxonomic notes on the genus Athrypsiastis Meyrick, 1910. — ZooKeys 1229 (1): 297-368. [zum open-access-Artikel auf Pensoft]