Alpenus nigropunctata

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: Alpenus
Species: Alpenus nigropunctata

Name

Alpenus nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

Type locality:[Uganda]: Acholi district, Patigo, 4,000 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonyms

• Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908 (original combination)
• Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910 (preoccupied by Diacrisia jacksoni Rothschild, 1910)
• Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920 (Replacement name for Estigmene jacksoni Rothschild, 1910). (synonymized by Watson, 1988: 255)
  • Type locality: Uganda: Kampala, Jackson.
    • Lectotype: BMNH. male. (lectotype designated by Watson, 1988: 255)
• Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920 (synonymized by Watson, 1988: 255).
  • Type locality: Uganda: Entebbe.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.
• Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933 (synonymized by Watson, 1988: 255)
  • Type locality: [Sudan]: southern Bahr-el-Ghazal, Tambura.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.
• Alpenus nigropunctatus (Bethune-Baker, 1908): Watson, 1988: 254.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G.T., 1908: Descriptions of new African Heterocera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 2: 255–264.
• Hampson, G., 1920: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Suppl. 2: 23+619 p., t. 42-71, London.
• 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.
• Rothschild, L.W. 1933. New species and subspecies of Arctiinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(11): 167–194. Reference page. 
• Watson, A. 1988. A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica scandinavica 19(3): 251–291. DOI: 10.1163/187631289X00177 Reference page.