Lophilema polioplaga

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: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Lophilema
Species: Lophilema polioplaga

Name

Lophilema polioplaga (Hampson, 1901)

Type locality: [Kenya] “Br. E. Africa, Uganda Railway, mile 478”.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 19.XI.1900. legit C. S. Betton. genitalia slide Arctiidae 756♂.

Synonymy

• Macrosia polioplaga Hampson, 1901: 180 (original combination)
• Lophilema polioplaga (Hampson): Volynkin, 2019: 116
• Lophilema sordida Aurivillius, in Sjösted (ed.), 1910: 25.
  • Type locality: [Tanzania] “Germ. E. Africa, Kilimanjaro, Kibonotoholo.
    • Holotype: NHRS. male ♂.

References

Primary references

• Hampson, G.F. 1901. New species of Syntomidae and Arctiadae. Annals and Magazine of natural History (7) 8(45): 165–186. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Krüger, M. 2016b. Generic classification of Afrotropical footman moths sensu stricto (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini (partim)). Transvaal Museum Memoir 15: 1–176. Reference page. 
• Volynkin, A.V. 2019. Four new species of Lophilema Aurivillius, 1910 from East Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa 4543(1): 115–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.7. Reference page.