Rhipidarctia forsteri

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: Syntomini
Genus: Rhipidarctia
Subgenus: Rhipidarctia (Elsita)
Species: Rhipidarctia forsteri
Subspecies: R. f. forsteri – R. f. punctulata – R. f. ruandae – R. f. unicolor

Name

Rhipidarctia forsteri (Kiriakoff,1953)

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu, Rwankwi.

Holotype: RMCA. male ♂. 20.VIII.1947. legit J.V. Leroy.

Synonymy

• Rhipidarctia (Elsita) forsteri Kiriakoff, 1953 (original combination)
• Rhipidarctia (Elsita) forsteri ruandae Kiriakoff, 1961
• Rhipidarctia (Hemirhipidia) punctulata Kiriakoff, 1963 (synonymized by Przybylowicz & Kühne, 2008: 150).
• Rhipidarctia (Elsita) unicolor Kiriakoff, 1957 (synonymized by Przybylowicz & Kühne, 2008: 150).

References

Additional references

• Kiriakoff, S.G. 1961. Thyretidae nouveaux (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Lambillionea 61(1-2): 7–12. Reference page.