Alpenus affiniola

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: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Alpenus
Species: Alpenus affiniola

Name edit

Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)

Type locality: Nigeria: Lokodja.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. X.1904. legit D. Cato.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Hampson, G., 1920: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Suppl. 2: 23+619 p., t. 42-71, London.
  • Jordan, K., 1933: On some Aethiopian Arctiidae. Novitates Zoologicae 39: 80–85.
  • Rothschild, W., 1910: Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 17 (1): 1–85, (2): 113–188, pl. XI-XIV, 18: pl. III-VI, London and Aylesbury.
  • Strand, E., 1919: Arctiidae: subfam. Arctiinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 22: 416 S., W.Yunk: Berlin.
  • Watson, A., 1989: A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 19: 251–291.