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Deborrea malgassa Heylaerts, 1884

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Deborrea malgassa Heylaerts, 1884
Name authority
Heylaerts, 1884
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Psychidae
Genus
Deborrea
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. superfamilyTineoidea
  8. familyPsychidae Boisduval, 1829
  9. subfamilyOiketicinae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  10. tribeAcanthopsychini Tutt, 1900
  11. genusDeborrea Heylaerts, 1884
  12. speciesDeborrea malgassa Heylaerts, 1884

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Deborrea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Deborrea cambouei (Oberthür, 1922)PsychidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Deborrea griveaudi Bourgogne, 1982PsychidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Deborrea robinsoni Bourgogne, 1964PsychidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 30 records assigned to Psychidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Deborrea argentacea Oberthür, 1909 Oberthür, 1909synonym
Eriopteryx funebris Kenrick, 1914 Kenrick, 1914synonym
Psyche joannisii Mabille, 1888 Mabille, 1888synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Heylaerts. (1884). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 28((Bull.)).Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:34CKS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.