Eumasia arenatella (Walker, 1864)
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
- Eumasia arenatella (Walker, 1864)
- Name authority
- (Walker, 1864)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Psychidae
- Genus
- Eumasia
- 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
- superfamilyTineoidea
- familyPsychidae Boisduval, 1829
- subfamilyEumasiinae Arnscheid & Weidlich, 2017
- genusEumasia Chrétien, 1904
- speciesEumasia arenatella (Walker, 1864)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eumasia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eumasia crypsiphila Meyrick, 1919 | PsychidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eumasia exoria Meyrick, 1919 | PsychidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eumasia testata (Meyrick, 1911) | PsychidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tinea arenatella Walker, 1864 Walker, 1864 | synonym |
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.
- Walker. (1864). List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. (30). http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120181#page/462/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:3CCT3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.