Tarika nigrifrons

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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
Subtribus: Lithosiina
Genus: Tarika
Species: Tarika nigrifrons

Name

Tarika nigrifrons (Moore, 1872), stat. rev. & comb. n.

Type locality: N India, Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala] “Dharmsala"

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. Arctiidae genitalia slide No. 5386 ♂. QR-code label with unique ID “NHMUK010401775” (lectotype Lithosia nigrifrons designated by Volynkin & Černý, 2025: 5).

Synonymy

• Lithosia nigrifrons Moore, 1872: 572 (original combination)
• Tarika nigrifrons Moore - Volynkin & Černý, 2025: 5

References

Primary references

• Moore, F., 1872. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 555-583, pls 32-34. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volynkin, A.V. & Černý, K. 2025a. On the taxonomy of the genera Katha Moore, Tarika Moore, Cernyia Bucsek and Churingosia Volynkin & Černý, stat. n. with the description of a new genus and thirteen new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini: Lithosiina). Ecologica Montenegrina 87: 1-45. Full article (PDF). Reference page.