Eudesmia ruficollis Donovan, 1798
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
- Eudesmia ruficollis Donovan, 1798
- Name authority
- Donovan, 1798
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Eudesmia
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
- superfamilyNoctuoidea Latreille, 1809
- familyErebidae Leach, 1815
- subfamilyArctiinae Leach, 1815
- tribeLithosiini Billberg, 1820
- genusEudesmia Hübner, 1823
- speciesEudesmia ruficollis Donovan, 1798
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eudesmia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eudesmia lunaris Walker, 1864 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eudesmia praxis Druce, 1894 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eudesmia tehuacana Dyar, 1917 | ErebidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Donovan. (1798). An epitome of the natural history of the Insects of China, comprising figures and descriptions of upwards of one hundred new, singular, and beautiful species together with some that are of importance in medicine, domestic economy.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:3BZVL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.