Afroarctia dargei

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: Afroarctia
Species: Afroarctia dargei

Name

Afroarctia dargei (de Toulgoët, 1976)

Type locality: Cameroon, Forest of Bafut-Nguemba, 8 km S. S. E. of Bamenda, 2000 m.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 08.IV.1972. legit C. Herbulot.

Synonyms

• Pericallia dargei de Toulgoët, 1976

References

• Goodger, D.T. & Watson, A., 1995: The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnosis and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae): 1–55, Apollo Books Aps.: Stenstrup, Denmark.
• Toulgoët, H. de 1976a: Description de nouvelles Arctiides africaines (Lépidoptères Arctiidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (n.s.), 6(3): 291–297. Reference page.