1. Weitere Informationen
1.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)
Sterling et al. (2025: 315) teilen mit: “‘Topiris’ is referred to in classical literature as a town in the province of Thrace, situated near Abdera and the mouth of the river Nestus, Greece.“
2. Literatur
- Erstbeschreibung: Walker, F. (1863): List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28, Tineites: 287-562. [Digitalisat auf archive.org]
- 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]