Micralarctia punctulatum purus

Taxonavigation

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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

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Micralarctia punctulatum purus (Butler, 1878)

Type locality: [Ethiopia] Abyssinia.

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

Synonyms

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  • 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

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  • 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.