Paralpenus ugandae

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: Paralpenus
Species: Paralpenus ugandae

Name

Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)

Type locality: Uganda: between Mitiana and Entebbe, 3,800 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. ll.I.1912. legit S.A. Neave.

Synonyms

• Amsacta ugandae Hampson, 1916 (original combination)
• Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson): Watson, 1989: 283

References

• Hampson, G.F., 1916: Descriptions of new species of the family Arctiadae in the British Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 23 (2): 230–240.
• Watson, A., 1988 [1989]: A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 19: 251–291.