Micralarctia punctulatum purus

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: Micralarctia
Species: Micralarctia punctulatum
Subspecies: Micralarctia punctulatum purus

Name

Micralarctia punctulatum purus (Butler, 1878)

Type locality: [Ethiopia] Abyssinia.

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. (lectotype Alpenus purus designated by Hampson, 1910: 343)

Synonyms

• Alpenus purus Butler, 1878 (original combination)
• Micralarctia punctulata pura (Butler): Watson, 1989: 286
• Estigmene schraderi Rothschild, 1910 (synonymized by Watson, 1989: 286)
  • Type locality: [Ethiopia]: Eritrea, Salomona.
    • Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. (lectotype designated by Watson, 1989: 286)

References

• Butler, A.G., 1878: Description of new Lepidoptera of the group Bombycites, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 381–388.
• 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.
• Watson, A., 1989: A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 19: 251–291.