Alpenus whalleyi

Taxonavigation

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 whalleyi

Name

Alpenus whalleyi Watson, 1988

Type locality: SW Africa, 27 miles E.S.E. of Kamanjab, Otjitambi Farm.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 13-15.II.1972.

References

Primary references

• Watson, A. 1988. A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica scandinavica 19(3): 251–291. DOI: 10.1163/187631289X00177 Reference page.