Argentochiloides argyrastis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pyraloidea

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 Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Crambidae
Subfamilia: Crambinae
Tribus: Chilini
Genus: Argentochiloides
Species: Argentochiloides argyrastis

Name

Argentochiloides argyrastis (Hampson, 1919)

Type locality: Brit[ish] E[ast]Africa [Kenya], Kavirondo, Nasisi Hills, 4800 f[ee]t, 0°23’N, 34°29’E.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. 14.VI.1911. legit S.A. Neave. 1912-92, GS 11157 BM (6001Błeszyński). BMNH(E) 1378093

Synonymy

• Charltona argyrastis Hampson, 1919: 306
• Aurotalis argyrastis (Hampson): Bassi, 2016: 14.
• Argentochiloides argyrastis (Hampson): Bassi, 2023: 292

References

Primary references

• Hampson, G.F. 1919b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Crambinae and Siginae. Annals and magazine of natural history (9) 4: 305-326. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bassi, G. 2023. Notes on the genus Argentochiloides Błeszyński, 1961, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 130(2): 291-295. Reference page.