Afrasura hieroglyphica

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: Nudariina
Genus: Afrasura
Species: Afrasura hieroglyphica

Name

Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

Type locality: Angola, N'Dalla Tando.

Type: BMNH. male ♂. Arctiidae genitalia slide no. 3.

Synonyms

• Miltochrysta hieroglyphica Bethune-Baker, 1911 (original combination)
• Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker): Durante, 2009: 43.
• Asura thomensis Rothschild, 1913 (synonymized by Volynkin & László, 2018: 245)
  • Type locality: St. Tomé.
    • Syntype: BMNH. female ♀. X-XI.1899. QR-code NHMUK010914356.

References

• Durante, A., 2009: Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2280: 27–52. Abstract & excerpt
• Volynkin, A.V. & László, G.M. 2018a. A review of the genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 from São Tomé Island with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4508(2): 237–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.6. Reference page.