Afrasura rivulosa

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Nudariina
Genus: Afrasura
Species: Afrasura rivulosa
Subspecies: A. r. ethiopica – A. r. rivulosa

Name edit

Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854)

Type locality: Natal.

Syntype: BMNH. 1 female ♀. Arctiidae genitalia slide no. 5645.

Synonyms edit

  • Siccia rivulosa Walker, 1854
  • Miltochrista rivulosa Walker, 1854 by Hampson, 1900: 479
  • Afrasura rivulosa Walker, 1854 by Durante, 2009: 48.
  • Asura fulvia Hampson, 1900 (synonymized by Durante, 2009: 48)
  • Asura obsolescens Hampson, 1914 (synonymized by Durante, 2009: 48)

References edit

  • Durante, A., 2009: Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2280: 27–52. Abstract & excerpt