Spatulosia gemina

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

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Genus: Spatulosia
Species: Spatulosia gemina

Name

Spatulosia gemina (Hampson, 1914)

Type locality: Ghana, Gold Coast, Bibianaha, 700 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 24–26.X.1911, leg. H.G.F. Spurell. genitalia slide Arctiidae 6039♂.

Synonymy

• Eugoa gemina Hampson, 1914: 812 (original combination)
• Spatulosia gemina Hampson - Volynkin, 2025: 31
• Eugoa winneba Kühne, 2007: 371 (synonymized by Volynkin, 2025: 31)
  • Type locality: Ghana, Winneba.
    • Holotype: MNHUB. male ♂. 14-23.VIII.1993. leg. L. Kühne.

References

Primary references

• Hampson, G.F. 1914. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Pp. 1–858. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kühne, L. 2007. Beschreibung neuer Flechtenbärenarten aus Afrika nebst taxonomischen Anmerkungen (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 3: 353–394. Abstract (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.