Spatulosia africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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

Spatulosia africana (Hampson, 1900)

Type locality: [South Africa, Eastern Cape, Makhanda] “Cape Colony, Grahamstown”

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. legit F. Barrett. genitalia slide Arctiidae 6028♂.

Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume II: Artiadae: Nolinae & Lithosianae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xx + 589 pp. BHL Reference page.

Černý, K. & Bucsek, K. 2014: Review of the Eugoa-group in the family Erebidae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) from the Philippines. Entomofauna, N.F. 35(22): 461-524. full article (pdf).Reference page.
Volynkin, A.V. 2025a. Taxonomic review of the Afrotropical taxa included in the genus Eugoa Walker with the redescription of the genus Spatulosia Toulgoët and descriptions of thirty-six new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina 90: 1-77. DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.90.1. . Reference page.