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Dinawides nigricans (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

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
Dinawides nigricans (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Name authority
(Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Limacodidae
Genus
Dinawides
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. superfamilyZygaenoidea Latreille, 1809
  8. familyLimacodidae
  9. genusDinawides Hering, 1931
  10. speciesDinawides nigricans (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 36 records assigned to Limacodidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Dinawides opaca Hering, 1931 Hering, 1931synonym
Dinawa nigricans Bethune-Baker, 1904 Bethune-Baker, 1904synonym

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. Bethune-Baker. (1904). Novitates Zoologicae. 11. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24181#page/382/mode/2upSource 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:3687S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.