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Ectropoceros isoplaca (Meyrick, 1911)

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
Ectropoceros isoplaca (Meyrick, 1911)
Name authority
(Meyrick, 1911)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tineidae
Genus
Ectropoceros
Extinction status
Recorded extant

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. familyTineidae
  9. genusEctropoceros
  10. speciesEctropoceros isoplaca (Meyrick, 1911)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Ectropoceros acrotoma Diakonoff, 1955TineidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ectropoceros artificiosa (Meyrick, 1911)TineidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ectropoceros brachychlora (Meyrick, 1905)TineidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ectropoceros ecdela (Turner, 1926)TineidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ectropoceros optabilis (Meyrick, 1916)TineidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Tinea isoplaca Meyrick, 1911 Meyrick, 1911synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Sri Lanka

native · native

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. Meyrick. In: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society: Vol. 21 Pg. 116. (1911).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:38RJT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.